Good morning students and teachers of year 12, Through the study of John Misto’s Drama Playwright ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ and Pawel Kuczynski’s Poster titled ‘Homeless’, we recognise how distinctively visual features enable responders to reflect upon different visions of the world and composers to explore how life experiences shape individuals perceptions of the world. Analysing the composer’s use of a wide range of textual features in combination with distinctively visual features allows responders to realise that past and present experiences can often heavily shape individual’s perceptions of our world in positive, life changing ways. Although in some circumstances, experiences can be negative, therefore impacting the individuals’ perception …show more content…
In The Shoe-Horn Sonata, Bridie and Sheila finally get to share the Waltz they have promised each other, finally being able to bond together. Dialogue and stage directions are used to show that the two finally have the waltz that they promised each other over 50 years prior. This enables responders to acknowledge that the two characters are have finally found peace and are able to accept each other, even after revealing their secrets. Distinctively visuals can illuminate the will of human survival and prove that even in the toughest times, positive relationships can develop, changing the perception on the world in a positive way. Although, a contrast is sometimes not created due to the separation pulling two forces apart, and because of this, our perceptions of the world may not change. This is evident in Pawel’s image where the homeless and the rich obviously have nothing in common and are clearly separated. We see this from the lighting of the poster, the rich man is in bright light whereas the poor are in darkness. The darkness symbolises that their lives are much harder and darker than the rich man’s bright and exciting life due to wealth. Distinctively visual features effectively show us the separation between the two classes and help the readers understand that the rich and the poor will never have a relationship due to the structure in