Term+1+Week+3

Term 1 Week 3

1. As an audience, what do we predict will happen in the rest of the play? 2. Does the play answer who?, what?, where?, when? and why? 3. On a scale of 1 – 10, how much tension is present in the opening scene? 4. What techniques of comedy have been used in this scene? Are they effective in making the audience think?
 * Lesson 1: Exposition and Denoument**
 * Homework Questions**

Contribute to the weekly discussion question. include component="comments" page="Term 1 Week 3" limit="100"
 * Lesson 2: Themes and Issues**

> > >
 * Lesson 3: Context of //October//**
 * Homework Questions**
 * 1) What changed in the second performance of the scene?
 * 2)  **What was your experience in watching the scene being performed as opposed to performing it? **
 * 1)  **What does Tim’s swearing add to the scene? **
 * 1)  **Comment of the Black Comedy Cartoons HERE **

> >
 * Lesson 4: Characterisation and Performance Techniques**
 * Homework Questions**
 * 1) **Does the comedy help the audience to consider any particular theme or issue?? **
 * 1) **What is the purpose of the comedy in this scene? **
 * 1) **What more do we learn about the characters? **
 * 2) What are the comedic techniques being used in this scene? What conventions and techniques do we recognize from other forms?
 * 3) How does Dez’s appearance serve to question the ideology of terrorism?
 * 4) What point about civility and violence is Wilding making through the character Tim?

include component="pageList" hideInternal="true" tag="black comedy" homeAtTop="on" limit="100"