Revision of themes (Week six)

Thursday 2nd April

In this session with Tish, we revised over all the themes we have discussed over the past few weeks.

WAR

• Conflict - Physical movement used to express war. For example, at the beginning of the performance, we have created a stylized piece to represent war and conflict.
• Tension - In our performance, we use silence to create tension. For example, when Tereus is attempting to create conversation with Philomele there is a lot of awkward silences as he struggles to create a flowing conversation.
• Consequences - In the performance there are a lot of events that happen due to the war taking place. For example, after the war, Tereus wants Procne as his prize.
• Death - This links in with consequences as it is one of the many consequences of war taking place. For example, When the captain is killed by Tereus for not following orders.
• Ruin - When Philomele has her tongue cut out, everything has been ruined by Tereus and he can never go back.
• Fights 
• Invasion
• Weapons
• Violence
• Soldiers
• Teams
• Hate
• Anger
• Power - War is all about who has the most power to be victorious. Tereus show this when Philomele says that he had to cut her because he did not have the strength himself to restrain her so he did this to have power over her.
• Control - When Tereus cuts Philomele's tongue out, he does this to try to control her.

Feminism

• Power 
• Equality - Feminists believe that women can do anything that men can do. One example of this in TLOTN is when the female chorus have their annual 'baccae' which is a party for women.
• Fighting - Women fighting for their rights and equality with men. For example, when Philomele continues to tell everyone what has happened even though she has been silenced. Another example is when Procne and Philomele confront Tereus about what he has done.
• Rights 

Male Dominance

• Control - Men trying to control women. An example of this is when Tereus tries to force Philomele to love him.
• High status - Men thinking they have more rights and higher status than women. One example of this is when Tereus sees Procne as a prize.