Away (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Five-act Shakespearean structure
Five-act Shakespearean structure
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Liminality in Away
Liminality in Away
Threshold space between states enabling transformation
Act 4 setting and function
Act 4 setting and function
Beach after storm; emotional peak with confessions & revelations
Storm's dramatic function (Act 3)
Storm's dramatic function (Act 3)
Converges families, cleanses denial, forces confrontation
Metatheatre definition
Metatheatre definition
Theatre about theatre; performance exploring real life
Gwen's complaint list symbolism
Gwen's complaint list symbolism
Materialism and pettiness; gets burnt in transformation
Shells symbolism
Shells symbolism
Reconciliation between Coral and Roy
Dramatic irony
Dramatic irony
Audience knows more than the characters
Tom's illness as dramatic irony
Tom's illness as dramatic irony
Audience aware Tom is ill; parents maintain façade of normalcy
Tableaux in Act 5
Tableaux in Act 5
Frozen stage pictures with wordless gestures