Neighbourhood Watch and Stolen
What are the various individual experiences the TWO plays explored within Australian society?
Neighbourhood watch explores the individual experiences:
Isolation- all the characters carry an element of loneliness. Catherine is isolated through the memory of Martin (previous boyfriend). Ken is isolated, in his own ‘World of Warcraft’. Ana’s angry temper leads her to live in isolation, stating ‘Ana no trust anyvon’
War- the flashbacks into Ana’s past through a non-linear structure project Ana’s past of war in her previous country, Hungary. For example, the flashback where we see a working nurse with a soldier who had lost his leg during the war.
Loss- Ana loses her father during the war, we see this through a flask back where the gypsy sings for the loss of ANAs dad, singing ‘Never anymore vill the start to shining in the sky above this roof… never to come… never anymore’ to express the hurt and tragic loss ANA feels. Catherine has also experienced loss through her ex-boyfriend who had recently committed suicide, her grieving mechanism is shown through her lack of eating and through the repetition of Kens (her housemate) nagging of her to eat, for example through his imperative dialogue after Catherine tries to argue that she had already eaten ‘That’s such a pathetic lie. I’m making you a sandwich.’ It demonstrates her eating disorder caused by her loss of her boyfriend’s death.
Love: Ana projects her love for her second husband, Vladimir. Ana’s love for her Vladimir is projected through her everlasting support for him until his death where she says ‘when you is dying and I is bathing your overhead, kissing your hands, carrying you on my shoulder, vashing your kaka, drying your peepee, you is very grateful’. Catherine is still in love with Martin and through the repetition of Catherine imagining Martins reappearance this symbolises her continuous love and missing of him.
Friendship: Friendship is depicted as a healing process for Catherine and Ken, and Catherine
Neighbourhood watch explores the individual experiences:
Isolation- all the characters carry an element of loneliness. Catherine is isolated through the memory of Martin (previous boyfriend). Ken is isolated, in his own ‘World of Warcraft’. Ana’s angry temper leads her to live in isolation, stating ‘Ana no trust anyvon’
War- the flashbacks into Ana’s past through a non-linear structure project Ana’s past of war in her previous country, Hungary. For example, the flashback where we see a working nurse with a soldier who had lost his leg during the war.
Loss- Ana loses her father during the war, we see this through a flask back where the gypsy sings for the loss of ANAs dad, singing ‘Never anymore vill the start to shining in the sky above this roof… never to come… never anymore’ to express the hurt and tragic loss ANA feels. Catherine has also experienced loss through her ex-boyfriend who had recently committed suicide, her grieving mechanism is shown through her lack of eating and through the repetition of Kens (her housemate) nagging of her to eat, for example through his imperative dialogue after Catherine tries to argue that she had already eaten ‘That’s such a pathetic lie. I’m making you a sandwich.’ It demonstrates her eating disorder caused by her loss of her boyfriend’s death.
Love: Ana projects her love for her second husband, Vladimir. Ana’s love for her Vladimir is projected through her everlasting support for him until his death where she says ‘when you is dying and I is bathing your overhead, kissing your hands, carrying you on my shoulder, vashing your kaka, drying your peepee, you is very grateful’. Catherine is still in love with Martin and through the repetition of Catherine imagining Martins reappearance this symbolises her continuous love and missing of him.
Friendship: Friendship is depicted as a healing process for Catherine and Ken, and Catherine