Lady Macbeth Character Evaluation Essay

Peer Evaluation (monologue): I will be evaluating Jennifer and her use of skills while performing her monologue from “Macbeth”, as Lady Macbeth, I will aim to give constructive feedback. From the beginning, Jennifer’s characterisation of Lady Macbeth is established well, immediately presenting to the audience that Lady Macbeth is a powerful and bold character. Jennifer purposefully stands up when saying the line “what thou art promised”, automatically capturing the attention of the audience. Jennifer walks slowly, clearly indicating that she has thought about the pace of her movement and how important establishing Lady Macbeth as a powerful character is. Jennifer also effectively used movement during the line “come you spirits which tend on

As I began on stage, I established characterisation immediately from the poise of Lady Bracknell, clearly letting the audience know that she is a powerful woman of high esteem and class. While saying “oh, good afternoon Algernon,” my movements are large and over the top, conveying to the audience that I am a woman who knows who she is and what she wants, commanding the stage with my class and the power I have over the others. To continually establish my characterisation of Lady Bracknell, I sustain a posh and high pitched accent to remind the audience, when I speak, that I am an older woman who is upper class. I particularly use accent well when I say, “this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd!” My voice rises to the end of the sentence, reminding the audience of the disgust I have towards Mr. Bunbury, and emphasising to the audience that I am a woman who has many opinions which I’m not afraid to share as I believe they’re more important than other people’s opinions. Throughout my monologue, I interacted with a large range of props to establish Lady Bracknell’s character. When I first enter the stage, after I say “good afternoon,” I pick up props from a table and look at them with a disgusted expression, emphasising to the audience that I am a judgemental woman who believes that Algernon is beneath me and that his home is not as lovely as my own. Additionally, when saying “whether he is going to live, or going to die,” I hit the high keys of a piano on “live”, and the low keys on “die”, to further remind the audience that Lady Bracknell is a dramatic woman who has a range of intense opinions In addition to use of props, the props I did choose are reflective of the Victorian Era in which the play is set – almost each prop gets used once throughout my monologue to display how