THOUGHTS / MAJOR & MINOR STRESSES
For the first half of the session, we looked primarily at the text. First we broke a specific Act IV, scene i speech (Shylock's first) down into thoughts based on the major punctuation (.!?). For short thoughts the participants were allowed one major stress and for longer thoughts they were allowed 3 major stresses.
For the first half of the session, we looked primarily at the text. First we broke a specific Act IV, scene i speech (Shylock's first) down into thoughts based on the major punctuation (.!?). For short thoughts the participants were allowed one major stress and for longer thoughts they were allowed 3 major stresses.
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The words that were stressed often created a short speech of their own and, as the two groups found, created two very different Shylocks - one the legal orator, the other a psychologically-abused man in need of revenge. Again, music and lights was used to enhance the effects of the speech.
David Edwards
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