1) Gregor's isolation from his family [talk about how his relations are severed. use all examples of him and his dad, then him and his mum, then him n greta.]
2) family values [their basic moral values towards their own flesh and blood not to mention the sole provider for their 'luxe' life]
3) priorities [how money and luxuries are imp. for mr.samsa then how basic necessities are imp. to the mother and then how gregor is imp. for greta]
In the sense of number one, we have developed a new idea to go along with, whilst incorporating the idea of the beetle. This idea is having characters that are in the desperation for drugs, and being able to do anything for them. When one is high, one thinks that he/she is able to do anything, as portrayed in recent adverts by the NHS. We could then use Artaud's ideas by then becoming an animal who the character is high thinks he/she is, therefore showing the vulnerability of the character. We learn an animal characteristic, but as everyone reacts differently when being high, different people can become different characters, whilst showing the desperation to the audience.
Their isolation could happen through their suffering for how much they need the drugs. We could show this to the audience by actually asking them whether they had anything on them to give to us, how much we are alone, and therefore not working in unison with the other people acting, but working on our own to the audience, almost like selling something.
A good start. In order to improve, discuss why it is that Artaud gets his actors to act like animals. Also, once you have decided which animal that you are going to embody, you might include a video of the animal and make notes on the way that the animal moves/speaks etc. Then link this research to how you move and speak in performance.
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