资源描述：
《Oleanna Essay-S《奥利安娜》》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、Oleanna——EssayDramaisperhapsoneofthemostsignificantformsofhumanentertainmentpreservedthroughoutthecenturiesbyscribes.Sinceapproximately500B.C.dramaproducedsuchrenownedauthorsasEuripides,WilliamShakespeare,andtoday’sDavidMamet.Mamet,winneroftwoPulitzerPrizesforGlengarryGle
2、nRossandSpeed-the-Plow,wroteOleanna,anextremelycontroversialplay,involvingsexualharassmentandpower.Insteadofusingconventionalsexualharassmentscenarioswhichcontinuallymadefrontpagenewsduringtheearly90’s(ClarenceThomasvs.AnitaHill),Mametelectstocentralizethesubjectofsexualh
3、arassmentwithintherelationshipofacollegeprofessor(John)andhisstudent(Carol).EventhoughitisapparenttotheaudiencethatJohnisagenuinelyniceandhonestmanwhoenjoyspowerandauthorityhepossessesasacollegeprofessor,hisabilitytobeextremelynaпveinsuchadelicatesituation(privateoneonone
4、meetingwithastudentoftheoppositesex)ishisultimatedownfall.JohndemonstrateshiskindnessandsinceritywhenhetriestocomfortCarolbyrevealingsecretsfromhispast,duringtheirfirstinitialconversation.Bysympathizingwithhisstudent,Johntriestobuildafoundationforcommunication:I’lltellyou
5、astoryaboutmyself.(Pause)Doyoumind?(Pause)IwasraisedtothinkmyselfstupidIwasbroughtupandmyearliestandpersistentmemoriesareofbeingtoldIwasstupid(15-16).John’sconsiderationtowardsothersinevitablyleadstohisdemise.ThecommunicationbarrierwhichisinitiallybrokenwhenJohnbecomeextr
6、emelyopen,revealingastoryfromhispast,leaveshimvulnerabletomanipulationfromoutsideinfluences.Throughouttheplay,powerbecomesasignificantcharacteristicinJohn’spersonality.DuringJohnandCarol’sfirstprivatemeetinginJohn’soffice,hedemonstratesbothhispowerandsuperiorknowledge,usi
7、ngwordsunclearandforeignsoundingtoCarol.Johnrepeatedlyemploysanartificially-heightenedvocabularythatdrawsattentiontohisacademicstatus,favoringwordslike“obeisance”(5)or“paradigm”(45),insteadoftheirsimplersynonyms.Althoughamajorityofindividualswouldperhapstailortheirselecti
8、onofwordstofittheirintendedaudience,Johnuseshisvocabularypurposelytohelpreassurehimselfofhisadva
