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Theatre throughout the ages has been an important tool in teaching valuable life lessons.
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Renae Norris Drama Assignment Theatre throughout the ages has been an important tool in teaching valuable life lessons. As society developed so too did the forms of theatre. Epic theatre, developed by Bertolt Brecht, is a form of political theatre used to demonstrate important flaws, such as racism and world poverty, in society by alienating the audience from the presented storyline in order to have them become intellectually involved. Realism can be considered epic theatres binary opposite, appeals to the masses by using the fourth-wall technique to entice the audience to feel empathy for the character and the situations being presented. Although both forms of theatre vary greatly between acting and staging techniques, they can often share common themes. An example of this would be a comparison of 'He who says yes' by Bertolt Brecht and 'X-Stacey' by Margery Forde which both present a situation were the audience is positioned...
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