Brian Clark uses a number of techniques to dramatise the Euthanasia Ess

Brian Clark uses a number of techniques to dramatise the mercy killing argue in his play, Whos Life is it AnywayBrian Clark uses a number of techniques to dramatise the EuthanasiaDebate in his play, Whos Life is it Anyway. Euthanasia is the meansby which a person has the freedom of choice over whether they live ordie. In the play there atomic number 18 two main arguments concerning this issue. iodin argument saying that a patient has the right to make this finaleof disembodied spirit and stopping point and on which disagrees and says the patient shouldnot have this choice. dickens characters in the play represent the two central arguments. Firstof only there is mickle, Ken believes that he should have the right tochoose to die, it is his liveliness, he says that his whole life before hisaccident was forgeure, and now that he cannot sculpt because he isparalysed below his neck, he entrust never be satisfactory to sculpt again Imalmost completely paralysed and always will b e. I shall never bedischarged by the hospital. According to Ken his life is alreadyover Of course I want to live hardly as far as I am concerned, Im deadalreadyI cannot accept this condition constitutes life in any palpablesense at all. Any reasonable definition of life must complicate theidea of it being self-supporting. Ken only wants the dignity indeath each man must make his own decision. And mine is to die piano with as much dignity as I can muster. Ken also argues that heis not asking his lawyer to make a choice over his life or death, justto represent his views to the hospital Im not asking you to makeany decision about my life and death, merely that you represent me andmy views to the hospital. Ken argues that the real matter to bediscussed is the ind... ...ise the generous impact of what he has beenfighting for. He will no eternal be there once he has won his case. Kenwill cease to exist. This helps us to understand why some people areanti-euthanasia, and what grave consequences it has and why euthanasiais an extreme solution to take.The theatre offers many a(prenominal) possibilities of visualising and dramatisingthis debate, the medical and legal jargon used in the two acts of theplay, the somatogenic space of the stage and the lighting in combination,the black comedy of Ken, the exits and entrances of assortedcharacters that are used as mouthpieces of different views on thedebate. Issues are embossed in the play as they could not be in prose. at that place is a suspension of disbelief, a contract between the playwrightand the listening makes sure that the issues are well explored andcontinue to be in a 30 year-old debate.