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Contextualising 'Closer' Using context within a play gives background to the plot. If context was not used the play could be set anywhere and at anytime. So the use of context gives an idea of historical, social, and cultural elements to the play. 'Closer' uses context to its advantage showing that the play is set in the 90's. The play could not be set in an older age. A major indicator of this time slot is scene 3, which is an Internet chat room; the Internet is a fairly recent and modern invention so this scene could not be incorporated in an earlier setting. Technology is a major indicator of context with how they take holidays and business trips to New York they talk to about it as though its nothing. Other indications of time we are given are the way the characters speak openly about their sexual activity and how...

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