The Real Inspector Hound
Contrasting settings, ideals and people dominate The Real Inspector
Hound. Almost every character has an opposite, and is otherwise
totally unique. Cynthia is opposite to
Felicity, Simon is the contrast of Magnus, and so on. Tom Stoppard has
included these contrasts for a variety of reasons and effects that
combine to create the disturbing effect of the play incredibly
effectively. But what individual effects do his characters create by
opposing each other so accurately.
At the start of the play, Stoppard deliberately confuses the audience
with the opposing characters of Birdboot and Moon, at first; the
audience is left to indulge in the view of moon and the body, this
allows them to create their own impression of Moon, and Stoppard
encourages this impression with moons early actions. Moon begins by
staring blankly ahead, then he reads his program, then he continues to
stare. This affects the audience because Moon appears to be a simple
member of the audience, and so the audience become infuriated at the
pause, yet he is on the stage and so the audience become perplexed as
to whether Moon is a member of the audience, or a character in the
play. It is when the audience are most confused and becoming bored
that Stoppard introduces the next part, Birdboot. Birdboot is a polar
opposite of Moon, and as the audience will swiftly become aware,
represents one stereotypical type of critic, whilst moon represents
another, the opposite.
Birdboot settles into the chair next to Moon eating a packet of
chocolate, instantly the contrast is obvious to the audience, here is
Moon, reading his program and thinki...
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...on takes the role of Hound. At this
point Hound and Simon occupy the Critics seats, the plays are now
almost totally merged. The play is ready, Magnus unveils himself in
all his glory, he is the real inspector Hound, Albert, and most
importantly Puckeridge. Only Moon and the audience know, and seeing as
Magnus had successfully framed Moon for the murder, going so far as to
convince Moon himself of Moon's guilt. He shoots Moon takes Cynthia,
and presumable lives happily and evilly ever after. The actors are
totally flummoxed and their two dimensions are suddenly apparent. Now
the audience are in the know, and the actors are ignorant. The
audience want to scream at them. The contrasts at this point no longer
matter, they have been Broken, and this break subconsciously makes the
audience realise it is the end of the play.
The characters address the audience; the fast movement from scene to scene juxtaposing past and present and prevents us from identifying with particular characters, forcing us to assess their points of view; there are few characters who fail to repel us, as they display truly human complexity and fallibility. That fallibility is usually associated with greed and a ruthless disregard for the needs of others. Emotional needs are rarely acknowledged by those most concerned with taking what they maintain is theirs, and this confusion of feeling and finance contributes to the play's ultimate bleak mood.
Throughout the short story “The Half-Husky” by Margaret Laurence, every character is affected by external forces in many ways. The audience sees the author suggests ideas on external forces as early as the second page of the story. When Laurence embeds the story with external forces so early, it advises the audience that it is very important. Also, the author affects every character with external forces which also proves why they are vital to the story. Margaret Laurence suggest that the majority of the external forces are negatively influencing the characters throughout the story for instance Vanessa, Nanuk, and Harvey. The author develops ideas such as Vanessa growing up with a tough Grandfather, Nanuk being assaulted his whole life, and Harvey growing up with an abusive aunt, by using external forces.
The Dramatic Techniques J.B. Priestley Used to Create and Develop Tension in Act one of An Inspector Calls
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