Metamorphosis- Form and Structure.

... Metamorphosis- Form and Structure Form: * The play is performed as a piece of Total Theatre. * This is to stimulate all the senses, as they are all engaged in real life. * Every part of the actors' bodies, every facial expression, and all the vocal ranges of the actors' voices are used and pushed to the extreme. * To represent different reactions, the actors use the Berkoff Scale with the different levels provoking different responses and emotions in the audience. * The levels are: naturalistic, bold, abstract, distorted, and grotesque. They increase in intensity as you progress along the scale. * These different intensities allow the audience to both emphasise with the characters and be physically repulsed, depending on which level is used. * Many different dramatic techniques are used to make it a piece of physical theatre, thus creating the eerie world of the Samsa household. * These include the extensive use of mime, as no props

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