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Woyzeck Flashcards

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Woyzeck themes

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Poverty/status
Morals
The Human Condition
Religion
Science/medicine
Animals/humanity
Physical violence
Sexuality
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Which styles influenced Buchner?

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Romanticism and Melodrama

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When was Woyzeck written?

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1836

Published in 1837

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When did Buchner die?

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1837

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When was the play performed?

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1913

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Where did Buchner come from?

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A family of doctors

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7
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What was Buchner a lecturer in?

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Anatomy

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8
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What was Germany like?

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Politically unstable
Post French rev/napoleon
Suspicious of radicals

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What was ended in Germany?

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Liberalism, democracy, religious tolerance, human rights

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10
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What radical movement did Buchner join?

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‘Young Germany’

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What radical movement did he co found?

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Secret society for the rights of man

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12
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What pamphlet was he an author for?

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The Hessian Courier
Urged the working class to win social rights by force
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13
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What happened to the other authors of the pamphlet?

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Arrested

Buchner denied involvement and accepted house arrest

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14
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What play did Buchner write about the French revolution?

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Dantons death

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15
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Was Woyzeck found finished?

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No

Unfinished pile of manuscripts

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16
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Why can the play be performed in any order?

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Buchners son found the papers and put them together
Some parts barely legible
Brecht

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17
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What was the real Woyzeck arrested for?

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Stabbing his wife (Frau Woost) in 1821
Jealous rage
Stabbed her 7 times

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18
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What was Woyzecks childhood like?

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Tough

Poor

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19
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How was Woyzecks life unsettled?

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Variety of professions
Barber
Soldier
Tailor
Bookbinder
Manservant
Criminal
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20
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Why is Woyzecks case important?

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One of the first people to be questioned over sanity

First use of instant defence

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21
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Who examined Woyzeck?

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Forensic expert Dr J.A Clarus over three years

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22
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What did they declare about Woyzecks mentality?

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Knowing ‘right or wrong’

sentenced to death

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23
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When was Woyzeck beheaded?

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August 27th 1824

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24
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What did the doctor suggests in his published findings after Woyzecks death?

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Woyzeck was borderline Schizophrenic

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25
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What did Woyzeck tell a visiting clergyman?

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that he had seen visions and heard voices telling him to commit the murder

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26
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When did Buchner die?

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February 1836
Aged 23
Typhus

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27
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Was Germany still divided?

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yes

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28
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What was the French evolution labelled?

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A bourgeoisie revolution

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29
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What key figure of the revolution did Buchner write a play about?

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Danton

‘Dantons death’

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30
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in the concept, what war has Woyzeck just returned from?

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First Coalition

1795

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31
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How many were conscripted?

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300000

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32
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What religion did Robespierre create?

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The Cult of the Supreme being

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33
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Was Robespierre justified?

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He believed he was protecting the revolution

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34
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How were the hospitals discriminating?

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Rich got a bed

Doctors gave own remedies

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35
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What class was Brecht?

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middle

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36
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How old was Brecht when war broke out?

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26

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37
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What was Brecht appalled by?

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effects of war

38
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What did Brecht believe?

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theatre should change the world

39
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What didn’t Brecht want to happen?

A

the audience hang up their brains with their hats

40
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What is epic theatre?

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Contradiction to naturalism

41
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Examples of epic theatre

A 
Spass
Gestus
Archetypal name
Third person
Stage directions
split-role
song and dance
42
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What is Spass?

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Comedy

43
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What’s an archetypal name?

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Description of a group/stereotype

e.g soldier

44
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What is Brecht staging/lighting?

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Symbolic

45
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What is the V-effect?

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Act of distancing the audience from emotion

46
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Examples of V-effect

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narration
multi-rolling
placards
Breaking the fourth wall

47
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What were the common types of theatre when Woyzeck was written?

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Romanticism and Melodrama

48
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Explain Romanticism

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Refers to ideals
Glorified imagination
Individualism and freedom from society

49
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Explain Melodrama

A

Exaggerated plot and characters
appeals to emotions
same character traits for hero/villain etc..

50
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What stage was common during Buchners time?

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Proscenium arch with curtains

51
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Which characters are naturalistic? (Romantic)

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Marie, Woyzeck and Andres

52
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Which characters are identified by role? (Melodrama)

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Drum-major, Doctor and Captain

53
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Why is it effective having some naturalistic and some exaggerated characters?

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Rich are exaggerated
Poor live an honest, hard-working life
Highlights themes

54
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How are the locations expressionist?

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easily identifiable
‘in town’
‘the woods’

55
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four references to weaponry

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‘keep eating the peas and cleaning your rifle’ - doctor, scene 6
‘do you wants a bullet in the brain man?’ - captain, scene 9
‘stab her. Dead, dead - dead’ - woyzeck, scene 13
‘(doctor)punctures body casually with his knife’ - scene 24

56
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six references to heat/red

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‘a fire raging in the sky’ - Woyzeck - scene 1
‘My mouths as red as a ladies - Marie, scene 4
‘your mouths so red Marie’ - Woyzeck, scene 10
‘Slut!! - She’s hot, hot’ - Woyzeck, scene 12
‘There’s even blood on the moon’ - Woyzeck, scene 23
‘It’s lit red’ - stage directions, scene 25

57
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Intro

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My version of Woyzeck takes place during the French revolution of 1789-1815. This was a period of history which portrayed a class struggle, being labelled by many a ‘bourgeoise revolution’ and great violence during the Terror. Buchner was born in 1813, just after Napoleons occupation of Prussia during the war of the fourth and fifth coalitions. Buchner even wrote a play about a key figure in the revolution called ‘Dantons death’. My concept links well with Brecht as he was appalled by the effects of war, being only 26 when ww2 broke out. He aimed to educate peolpe and prevent missuffering, hoping they wouldn’t ‘hang up their brains with their hates’ but remain thinking and questioning theatre

58
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Artaud and physical theatre

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Theatre of cruelty
Shatter any false realities of the world
‘social therapy’

59
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Meyerhold and physical theatre

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Theatre without a proscenium arch
Biomechanics to train actors
Sculpt and shape bodies

60
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The three sides to Marie

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Mother
Sexual object
Strong woman

61
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symbolic set designer

A

Edward Gordon Craig
levels
movable screens
colour and light

62
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Political theatre

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Augusto Boal

theatre presented political problems and suggested solutions

63
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Why are the poor naturalistic

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Show the theme of poverty and effects of

64
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Why are supporting characters stereotypes and melodramatic

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Show the type of person

65
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Significant of Margaret

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Present at most discoveries/pushes the plot

66
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Who was Casper Neker

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Brechs stage designer

67
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Casper Neker ideas

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Actors around stage when not acting
All props laid out for audience to see
Information projected so audience didn’t get ‘carried away’ with emotion of the performance

68
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How was Brecht influences by Greek theatre

A

Chorus
Exaggerated movement
Multi-rolling

69
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Evidence of strong women in French rev

A

October days

70
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How many died in the terror

A

40000

71
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Woyzeck original production

A

Proscenium arch stage
Audience arranged in tiers
Basic incandescent lights
Early colour filters only due to restrictions on technology
Revolving stage
No theatrical curtain - used to aid themes

72
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What’s significant about the 70 year gap of Woyzeck being written to performed

A

Entertainment for the masses
Censorship being challenged but still limitations
Class system still apparent but soon to be turned on its head

73
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Original performance conditions style of acting

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Stylised and ‘music hall’ nature
No microphones
Songs sung without accompaniment
Naturalistic acting developed by Stanislavksy but not widely used

74
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Theatre Woyzeck was originally performed in

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Residenztheater
Royal theatre decorated in rococo style
Comfortable, especially for the rich who could afford good seats

75
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Storm and stress movement

A

Movement of young male writers who were concerned with the trails and tribulations of the ordinary man
Influenced Buchner

76
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1913 Germany

A

Germany now unified audiences wanted new and exciting experiences
Play would have been enjoyed by an audience unhappy with life under rule of Kaiser Wilhem and in a nation about to go to war
Industrialisation

77
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Napoleonic war impact in Germany

A

2 million dead

Depression

78
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Growing Unrest amongst German people

A

Failed revolution 1830

79
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Significance of Buchner extra characters

A

Germany made of of 39 states and passports needed to travel between them
Additional characters all had benefits of travel and a network of colleagues e.G journeymen and freemason

80
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What does the structure reinforce

A

The tragic events that are depicted and the way they age presented in a brief episodic structure reinforce a sense of eternal hopelessness

81
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Links to Romanticism

A

Plot
Interest in common man
Use of imagination
Heightened emotion e.g Woyzeck and anger

82
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Semiotics

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Objects have meaning e.g red object

83
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How is the doctor presented?

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Vulture-like, picking from the vulnerable in society who he sees as a ‘waste’

84
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Spass and the doctor

A

Examine Woyzeck with an oversized, comedic knife

85
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Doctor line delivery

A

Received Pronunciation and a clipped tone
emphasising harsh continents
quick pace
audience find him arrogant and repulsive

86
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Captain line delivery

A

Received pronunciation
low-pitch, slow and sluggish
extended vowel sounds
audience find him a stereotypical, overweight capitalist

87
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Captain influences from Italian comedy

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Captain = always clocks audience with a salute to increase status and presence
Walks with a straight back, lifting his knees to his waist. He starts is walk with his heels, then toes, then legs

88
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Doctor influences from Italian comedy

A

Walk is back on his heels, leading with stomach

Sinks lower then rises up when he finds a solution

89
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Woyzeck influences from Italian Comedy

A

hunched shoulders
shuffles rather than walks
knees bent and wide legs
no morals

90
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Italian comedy

A

Commedia dell’arte
pre-Woyzeck (18thC)
Typical characters with a specific way of performing called lazzi

91
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Commedia dell’arte improvisation language

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cross-talk

92
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Brecht points to mention

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V-effect
epic theatre
arechetypes

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