Analysis Of Dr Caligari At Pointless Theatre

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I went to see the play called Doctor Caligari at Pointless Theatre. Attend this play was a wonderful experience because I had not seen a play since I was in High School. The title of the play caught my attention, as it tries to tell the audience that will be about a mysterious story. The story has a combination of obsession, manipulation, and paranoid that creates a powerful visual experience in the audience. The performers did not speak at all, actions and dialogues are not expressed through spoken words, facial expressions and body gestures were exaggerated in the story to convey the characters emotions and feelings. The role of the characters is transmitted through their physical appearance with the use of exaggerated makeup and costumes. Dr. Caligari, for example, is recognized immediately as the villain of the story with his black clothing and dark make-up. Moreover, the black and white background increases the climax of the mystery story. The background music intensifies the criminal events and plays an essential role evoking the audience’s emotions and reactions to …show more content…

The absence of dialogue increases the somber tone of the story. Likewise, the story escalates when Francis and his friend Alan attend to a carnival, where Dr. Caligari shows his sleepwalking friend Cesare, who claims can answer any question he is asked. Alan asks Cesare when he will die, and Cesare says he will die at dawn. Alan dies and Francis and Jane decide to investigate Dr. Caligari. At the end of the story, Francis is the madman and killed his best friend Alan. Francis suffers mental hallucination and invents a story that Dr. Caligari and Cesare are guilty of murdering Alan. Francis murders his friend to win the love of Jane, the beloved of his friend. This story has vivid images of the actions of the characters and their expressions speak of their

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