Dramatic techniques in A Raisin in the Sun & As You Like It
In the plays, As You Like It, by William Shakespeare and, A Raisin In The Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, there are various dramatic techniques that are employed by the playwrights. Some of the techniques developed in both of the plays include contrast, satire, irony, sarcasm, parody, music and dance. Other techniques being employed, appearing in William Shakespeare's, As You Like It include puns, asides and soliloquies. As You Like It is a comedy, which mainly employs parody, irony, satire and contrast, whereas A Raisin In The Sun, is a tragi-comedy also mainly employing the dramatic techniques of contrast, parody and sarcasm. The techniques that both playwrights employ are fitting, however, given the period in which the plays were written. As You Like It, was written and performed in about 1599 whilst A Raisin In The Sun was written in 1959. A Raisin In The Sun can be seen as a satire to expressively bring out the ridiculous in some of the characters and their seemingly archaic ideals. In this play Lorraine Hansberry eloquently displays the meaninglessness behind the animosity between the whites and blacks and the strained relations of the men and women in the play. She uses parody and sarcasm to explore the themes of rac
She makes sarcastic comments through Beneatha, Walter and Ruth. Parody is also observed later in the play when Walter says, "Shut up! . Walter is aware that George assumes superiority over him and becomes further agitated when George calls him Prometheus. The dramatic techniques developed in the play, A Raisin In The Sun include satire, contrast, sarcasm, irony, music and dance and parody. Lord Amiens in particular takes pleasure in singing and dominates this dramatic technique as he leads the singing on many occasions such as "Under the greenwood tree, who loves to lie with me". The irony in the situation lies in the fact that Walter criticizes George on his education and prosperous life whilst aware that he hungers for what George has. This makes Duke Senior somewhat of hypocrite as he chastises Jaques for being a hypocrite, when he in fact is the hypocrite, Jaques being true to himself in his melancholy, to later retire to the Monastery. Shakespeare uses the dramatic techniques of pun, aside and soliloquy in As You Like It. Principally Beneatha fills this episode with her sarcastic remarks like in all of their arguments. Walter believes that women should have no great ambition in life as he distastefully says to Beneatha, "Who the hell told you had to be a doctor". Celia as well takes advantage of the magic and freedom of the country, saying, "To liberty and not banishment". The playwright also tries to draw a contrast between Asagai and George. Beneatha makes Lindner aware that he is unwelcome in the family apartment bluntly, by completely refusing his offer, even before having heard it. The power in the play itself gives reference to satire, as the conflict is resolved between all bickering parties so quickly that they seem not to be conscious of this in their fervor to return to the confines of the court they were just as anxious to abandon.
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