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The Removalist Play Analysis

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David Williamson uses dialogue and stage directions to display important ideas in “The Removalist”: Williamson’s drama is set in 1970, Melbourne over an afternoon and conveys several key ideas through pitting characters against one another. This essay will focus on three central ideas displayed in the drama: The abuse of power, Authority and violence/consequences of aggression. “The Removalist” depicts the 1970’s society and how people were like at that time. Many stereotypes were embedded in the drama such as the typical Australian fella named Kenny, who perfectly displays a 1970’s man. Also in addition the way characters are dressed shows us the importance of class in the drama, as some characters are dressed informally and the other characters are dressed formally. Abuse of power is a central idea displayed throughout the drama. Williamson couples Sgt.Simmonds abuse of power by portraying his as a sexual predator. As the two …show more content…

Williamson depicts authority through his character, movements and levels. Movement can show how the character feels within a situation, for example, when Sgt.Simmonds is talking to Kate and Fiona for the first time, Ross doesn’t really know what he can say so he slowly wonders around them in discomfort not knowing what he can do. In other hand, Authority is depicted through levels. Levels can show who has the higher authority in what situation. An example of this is when, Fiona is sitting down while Sgt.Simmonds stands over her to show his authority over her. Another example of this is when Sgt.Simmonds interviews Constable Ross in the first act and begins to ask him questions about Ross’s father. Ross denies answering the question, but Sgt.Simmonds insists Ross to tell him as he portrays authority over Ross through stage directions and tone. Finally Ross tells Sgt.Simmonds that his father works as a cabin maker for the

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