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[thedoz]

Our drama teacher just left in the middle of HSC and we got a new drama teacher. I gave her a practise essay about the sterotypical characters in bush and city in australian drama, and she told me that the characters aren't stereotypical and that if they are that isn't part of the realism in the plays. This goes against what I have been taught the whole year. I need help guys, is she right or wrong, I reckon she's wrong. Give us ur advice. Like I reckon there are stereotypical characters and the plays show how the city erodes the stereotypes e.g. Roo gets a city job, which represents the erosion of the bush myth.
thanx

 

[grk_styl]

what i've been taught is that in Realism, the characters are NOT sterotypical, because the playwright draws complete realism to the environment, surroundings, contexts, etc.

mother & son (if ur doing that text) relies on stereotypical characters because it is part melodrama, part realism.

i kinda think ur teacher is right...in The Doll, the characters are not stereotypical so to speak. the play actually pushes away from that. olive may want their siutations to stay the same, but lawler is showing the changing social environment.

i actually dont talk about The DOll characters as stereotypical, i show how they are portrayed as realist characters. but Mother & Son definitely has stereotypical characters.

hope that helps