In Class Writing

During our double monologue, I am focusing on speaking clearly especially when I am louder than Maddy.  I am also trying to contrast my behavior when I am loud and when I am quiet.  When I am loud, I am turned toward the audience using hand jest urges and body language. In addition, I raise my voice and speak slow and clear.  This is to show and tell the audience the ideas that I am trying to portray and to also draw attention to the words I am saying rather than the words Maddy is saying.  When I am quiet, I am facing away from the audience and having fewer hand gestures this allows the attention to float to Maddy and her important ideas. Also, I am still clear, but I am quieter.  This allow more focus to shift away from me.  The goal of the monologue is to mirror each other, so I think an important improvement would be to work on not only setting up the stage to portray a mirror, but also working with Maddy and the way that we portray both characters.  Overall, my group is trying to show Shakespeare's mirroring.  To accomplish this, I need to work on timing and work with Maddy on creating an image that both of us can act, while still being a little different.