Unit 2 English Language Monologue

In session 1 we were requested that make 'the machine' representing to a nightmare which was yet common but still evoked fear from the audience. We thought of one action and single word/sound for the every member of our group and delivered it using repetition.

My Group, and I sat in a circle and brainstormed what a recurring dream happens to us individually and picked ideas. This was effective because the ideas that we come up with were original and unique and allowed us to have an abundance of different ideas that we select from, We also decided that people have nightmares because they do not want to confront something that is occurring in their life, so we used this to our advantage by looking at moments in our lives that we did not want

This shows that he was the monster because the lies included ‘mum died of a heart attack’, ‘I’m going to work’ and many more. These lines had an effect on audience because he included the word ‘mum’ which evokes feeling from the audience because their mothers closes figure to them. Also the word ‘dead’ was used alongside ‘mum’ which made the audience see that this character as a ‘monster’. We also used other dramatic devices to show that this man is a monster. We did this by making him do gestures as he told the lie. For example, one of his lies was to say ‘mum died of a heart attack’ and the corresponding gesture was a stabbing motion, which showed the audience that this man killed his mother, he’s and

We also tried thought tracking, but my partner disagreed with me because he believed that this would show the Audience some sympathy, and they wouldn’t come to the conclusion that he was a monster. Therefore, this taught the audience that lying will just dig you into a deep hole, which was the moral of the play. The main message of my role play was that lying can become a habitual habit and that it would drive the people you love away from you. We showed this by making his partner leave him in the end, and the compulsive liar says ‘not her’ because all the people he lied to left him and she stayed by his side, and finally she