journal #4

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out?” To what extent do you find this statement applicable in at least two plays you have studied?

Drama is very interesting. Without the dull bits, it is very dramatic and has lots of excitement. It is life without the dull bits. From two plays ive been reading, "Oedipus the King" and "The Wild Duck", they both have some sort of a dramatic lifestyle to it. There is always something going on within the people during the play, which creates emotions at a high level.
         sophocles does this with "Oedpus the King" by having an interesting prophecy Oedpus is always thinking about. With this prophecy, this creates humor and dramatic irony because the reader knows exactly what is happening, but Oedipus does not. There is no dull bits in it. If there was, this would be too realistic and boring. Oedipus always has a problem and he turns everyhting like it is out to get him. If he was completely normal, there would be no point to this story.
         In "The Wild Duck", Ibsen does have some dull parts at first, but as you keep reading, you realize these conversations between all of these characters are possibly foreshadowing furture events or revealing any secrets in the book. This story creates dramatic irony, just like ":Oedip[us the King". Although, emotions aren't all high in humor. This story is more serious.It seems this has some dull parts, but one can argue it is very important conversations that do not make it dull when looked back upon.
       Drama is very emotional. The dull bits cut out intensifies the emotions in the plays. If the dull bits were included, people watching the plays would also dull out their emotions. Playwriters try to always make sure there is something interesting or funny happening in order to enguage the people and do this by attracting certain emotions.