Ages of man

The poem The four ages of man by William Butler Yeats is about a man who struggle in life from the beginning until he die. The poem is similar to Oedipus Rex where Oedipus has to struggle from the beginning where his parent King Laios and Iocaste give Oedipus to King Laios shepherd, for him to be left and die while he was still a baby. Later Oedipus married to his own mother without he realizing it and he also found out that he was the murderer to his own father. In Oedipus Rex we understand that Oedipus had to suffer from the beginning to the end of his life.

Staging a play

In staging a play there are few elements we need to consider for example the text, the acts, stage direction, space, the actors and time. These are the thing that is essential in staging a play. The actors are the most important element in a play as they give lives to the character. By considering all these elements the play will turn out smoothly and the audience will understand the play. Other conventions involve in staging a play is the aside, the chorus, disguise and song and dance.

More about Drama

Here some more things that I have learned through this class, there two new terms which is Aristotelian and Brechtian types of tragedy drama. These two types of tragedy drama are different from each other. Aristotelian seems to appeals emotion and Brechtian appeals to intellect, as it involve argument and it allows the audience to think. In Aristotelian protagonist relationship’s is to himself and God such as in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and in Brechtian drama protagonist’s relationship is to society such as in King Lear where he has problem with his daughters betray him except for his youngest daughter. All these things arise in the plot and these are the things to differentiate between Aristotelian and Brechtian drama.

Teaching the Language of Drama

This semester we are taking this subject called Teaching the Language of Drama. On the very first class we are introduce briefly on what this course is all about, it gives me a bit of understanding and also what to expect from this course. I often heard names of Greek playwright such as Sophocles and Aeschylus, but I have never read any of their play before. Then we are informed for this course we are going to study only tragedy drama. As we go on I learn about new terms in drama such as tragicomedy, farce, catharsis and others. Other than that, we are shown there are two types of drama, which is tragic and comedy.