Dramatic techniques are used in multiple ways by play-writes and are used to convey different angles of the story, whether it's lighting patterns used to follow the dialog or music to show the play's mood. Dramatic techniques are valuable tools that enable the play-write conjure up a fake reality, but believable enough for the audience to accept it. ... As well as using dramatic irony, contrast can easily be found in Death of a salesman. ... Since The Glass Menagerie and Death of a Salesman are both plays at the end of the day, dramatic techniques are absolutely vital to the story. ...

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Suspense can be created using many different techniques. One of the most effective techniques used in this story is dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows what the character does not. An example of this technique in use is at the end, after Mary insists that the police officers stay for dinner. ... The story would not flow or make sense without the use of these techniques. ...

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Dramatic structure is the basic form in which a presentation is set up. ... The second dramatic form that he used was that he had two individual plots going at the same time. ... This would be a very good form/technique to use if you were trying to send a message to the audience. ... The second dramatic form that Nolan used was just as effective as the first. ... It all depends on the dramatic structure that you use and I commend Christopher Nolan....

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The dramatic technique of elements of plot is used in the play As You Like It, to convey the idea of identity and the importance of love. The changeability of identity is a typical idea of comedy conveyed in As You Like It through the dramatic technique of plot. ... This example supports how the play conforms to a typical Shakespearean comedy through the dramatic technique of plot because, Shakespearean comedies often contain elements of the improbable, the fantastic or the supernatural. ... The ideas of a typical Shakespearean comedy conveyed through the dramatic technique of characterization...

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The persona also exaggerates his situation in dramatic melancholy when thinking about his "friends, whom [he] never more may meet again" and is resentful that he cannot share such "beauties and feelings, such as would have been." ... These three techniques work together to portray the power of imaginative journeys to opening the mind to the beauty of nature, and enhancing one's joy in life....

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The director also uses dramatic irony, symbolism and persuasive techniques to place the audience to recognise Richard's rise to power. ... The camera shots and angels are another film technique employed by Mckellen. ... Dramatic irony is used frequently throughout this scene, as everything, which is building up to the scene and the scene itself I has dramatic irony within the film. ... This is another example of dramatic irony as Hasting has just made his own death statement, because a few minutes later Richard turns on him and issues his execution. ... These include; filming techniques, ...

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The Variety of Advertising Techniques The capitalist society invented advertising with only one purpose: to sell the product. ... Advertisers use numerous intriguing techniques such as the Egalitarian approach and the Elitist approach to captivate broad audiences and mesmerize them to the point they are in desperate need for the advertised product. ... Some of the techniques that are part of the Egalitarian approach include: the Democracy of Goods, the Democracy of Afflictions, as well as the use of celebrities. ... Michael Jordan for instance has been used in many advertisements for ...

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Even the way that the lines are written in this opening scene highlight the anxious mood, and create dramatic tension. ... This is a deliberate technique employed by Shakespeare. ... The dramatic change in atmosphere is marked by Horatio's sudden change in language. ... I'll cross it though it blast me." (1:1:129-130) The language with which Horatio greets the apparition also aids the dramatic build-up of tension. ... The end of this opening scene has therefore been made all the more dramatic due to the fact that it has been left as a cliff-hanger. ...

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Irony There are many different types of literary techniques, but few have had as great affect to literature as irony. ... All the different types of irony show it in a different way without changing the technique that is used. ... The next type of irony is dramatic irony. ... This creates for dramatic irony and keeps the audiences attention. ... Irony is a great literary technique that has been used since the beginning of writing. ...

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Bob Fosse's Cabaret (1972) is a film that uses the historical context of 1931 Germany to convey themes through utilising the various dramatic and technical elements of film. ... Fosse utilises techniques such as lighting, music, and cinematography to highlight themes in the text, such as social ignorance, responsibility, facade, and for the particular historical context the Nazi infiltration into German culture. ... This technique is used to build tension, and highlight the almost hidden nature, and the satirisation, of these occurrences in German society in the early 1930s. ... Fosse has...

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Dario Fo employs dramatic conventions in is play "Cant Pay, Wont Pay," achieving certain goals within the performance. ... He employs dramatic techniques such as farce, satire, tension and the breaking down of the fourth wall to address contextual concerns regarding political, economic and social issues. ... Fo uses a range of dramatic conventions and techniques to entertain, engage and provoke thought within the audience. Fo uses the dramatic techniques of satire to highlight the flaws of the Catholic Church and demean its traditions of celibacy. ... Another significant technique Fo uses is ...

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There are many purposes for using this technique. ... Dramatic techniques such as role playing and simulations are well documented in social studies and history, business and vocational, foreign language, counseling, and even science classes; but according to recent reports dramatic techniques are rarely used to teach language arts classes in the U.S., especially at the secondary level (Goodlad, 1984). ... (p.9) In dramatic activities, students use and examine their present knowledge in order to induce new knowledge. ... Readers" Theatre and other drama techniques let students use their...

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The themes in Shakespeare's plays are of relevancy even today and are explored through a variety of dramatic techniques. These dramatic techniques used in "Othello" are what captivates audiences and help to explore the themes of jealousy, deception and honour and reputation. ... Through these themes and dramatic techniques, Shakespeare's plays are made popular even to audiences of today. ... This dramatic irony would create suspense and keep the audience aware to what is happening throughout the play. ... Only the audience knows of Iago's plans and they just watch in suspens...

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In the play, Shakespeare has portrayed the theme of good versus evil by using different dramatic and literary techniques. Three of these techniques include antithesis, irony, and metaphor. ... Image is a technique used to convey the theme of good versus evil. ... Lighting is also a film technique used to convey the theme of blindness. ... In conclusion, the composers of these texts, effectively convey the themes of good versus evil and blindness using various film, dramatic and literary techniques. ...

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The volunteer for the study was a healthy 58-year-old with experience in yoga techniques. ... Cognitive appraisal can dramatically affect stress. ... Cognitive-Behavioral therapy uses the two above techniques in stress reduction therapy. ... The differences in the effects of some type of therapy in stress reduction versus no therapy are dramatic. There may not be a dramatic difference between behavior therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy. ...

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In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the principle character Macbeth is a representation that reinforces the idea of good and evil through use of conventions and techniques such as dialogue, dramatic exposition, foreshadowing, symbolism, asides and soliloquies. ... Shakespeare makes use of dramatic exposition to introduce Macbeth as a patriotic warrior. ... Shakespeare uses multiple techniques like dialogue and symbolism effectively to create dramatic irony. ... He has many methods of effectively executing this using dramatic conventions....

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In the play Medea, by Euripides, many techniques are incorporated to augment the compelling persona of the protagonist, Medea. ... Dramatic irony is a technique, vital to the assembly of Medea's compelling persona. ... Dramatic suspense is utilized throughout the play to draw interest to Medea's persona. ... Deus Ex Machina was a commonly used technique of ancient Greece. ... The play Medea, by Euripides, many dramatic techniques such as imagery, off stage action and dramatic suspense are utilized in the construction of Medea as a compelling persona and an overpowering presence....

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He invented an innovative new technique, called tenebrism that was an exaggeration of chiaroscuro, a technique used by many artists of the time using slight variations of light and dark. ... A dramatic shaft of light floods in, emanating from an unseen source, falling directly onto Levi and his associates counting money at the table. ... Thus creating a dramatic contrast with his servant who seems buried in the intense darkness. ... Her dramatic use of light, color, composition, and the shock value of a man's decapitated head that Judith severed herself is amazing. ... As one of Caravaggi...

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While Wilson claimed that the movie was entirely true, there are many incidences where truth loses out to dramatic narrative. ... Griffith was the first director who used narrative techniques originating from the written word, using establishing shots, medium shots and close-ups. ... These and many other techniques e.g., flashbacks, panning, tilting, fades, were used to increase the dramatic effect of the story. ... Griffith's masterpiece also used post production techniques, such as editing and adding music, to enhance the dramatic effect. ... Directors such as Eisenstein (Battleship Po...

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While Wilson claimed that the movie was entirely true, there are many incidences where truth loses out to dramatic narrative. ... Griffith was the first director who used narrative techniques originating from the written word, using establishing shots, medium shots and close-ups. ... These and many other techniques e.g., flashbacks, panning, tilting, fades, were used to increase the dramatic effect of the story. ... Griffith's masterpiece also used post production techniques, such as editing and adding music, to enhance the dramatic effect. ... Directors such as Eisenstein (Battleship P...

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The very opening of the film, which consequently is the end of the story, portrays a very dramatic beginning with some horror movie elements built into the camera shots. ... The film was shot at a slightly faster speed and would have dramatically quick edits from live news clips to newspaper headline shots. ... Movies of this era were fairly standard as far as the lighting techniques and camera lenses used. ... The unique aspect of this technique was the extremes to which he would create these angles. ... To make the scene more dramatic Welles had to actually create a hole in the ground for th...

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In the play, Othello, by William Shakespeare, the memorable ideas have been presented through dramatic techniques by the characterization of Iago and Othello. ... Also, Shakespeare's dramatic technique of presenting this story as a play is what is able to reveal all the ideas and themes to the extent that the full emotion and feelings are able to be felt by the audience, just the way he wants them to. ... This technique of the characterization of Othello, exposed in his language reveals the memorable idea of the nature of humanity and how easily one can self destruct them self. ... In Ac...

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It is evident through the juxtaposition of these two poems that each poet utilizes dramatic techniques, the appreciation of nature, time, and spontaneity. ... Both poems are dramatic soliloquies, which are addressed to a specific person. ... Both poets used dramatic technique in order to allow the readers to peer into their personal thoughts, thoughts that were meant for a specific individual. ... It is evident that Frost At Midnight and Tintern Abbey both included the same themes and techniques. Coleridge and Wordsworth utilize dramatic technique, the appreciation of nature, time, and spontan...

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This painting was very vibrant and showed many new techniques developed during the renaissance. ... Also this painting represents a dramatic and interesting scene because this is remarkable event because it was where the supposed messiah in the Catholic Church dies. ... During the renaissance many new techniques were developed. These techniques improved artwork. ... This painting was one of the advances that could be made because of these new techniques in art. ...

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Although the linear technological evolution of filmmaking has empowered filmmakers by offering a more diverse catalogue of tools and techniques, it is the filmmaker's ability to effectively and discerningly utilize this technology within a temporal and societal context that truly drives cinematic quality, of which there has been no clear linear progression. ... Rather, advanced technology is advantageous in that it broadens the toolset available to the filmmaker from which he or she can discern which equipment and techniques are best suited to a given production. French film theorist Lou...

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