Theater as a means of portrayal

1. Perception

1.1. Theater is not about what the actors are trying to portray, it's about the audience's perception and what they end up seeing as portrayal in their own eyes.

1.2. Point of View

1.3. Subjective

2. Tragedy

2.1. Theater usually centers around stories that revolve around tragedy because those are the ones worth portraying, in their eyes anyways.

2.2. Entertainment

2.3. Connection

3. Final Reasoning: The connections made with this concept have allowed me to understand that theater as a means of portrayal will always be flawed, but at the same time it will always be needed in society.

3.1. It will be flawed because its honest portrayal will be questioned and it does not necessarily care about the more "boring happy" stories.

3.2. It will always be needed in society because at the end of the day theater as a means of portrayal serves in representing minorities and important stories that need to be known.

3.3. Theater is all about perception. No matter what anyone in the play is trying to portray, the audience's perspective might be completely different and that's the beauty of it.

4. Representation

4.1. Theater can help portray the difficulties and struggles of minorities or people who are simply not seen.

4.2. Minority

4.3. Underdog

5. Transparency

5.1. It can be hard for theater to be 100% transparent, which can lead to doubts about how genuine the portrayal truly is.

5.2. Genuine

5.3. Truth