As you watch the movie and after you have read the play, think about and respond to the following questions. Type your responses on this document (a copy is on my teacherweb page).…
The play is about the histories of the women and the nurses that were captive of the Japanese during World War Two; their individual histories and joint suffering. The stories of these women were never made official and there is no government recognition of their plight and few, if any, official records. These painful memories are not part of any official' history and this is made clear in the play. "The British didn't want anyone to know about us. They'd…
Discuss the importance of the character of Elizabeth and consider how Miller makes us respond to her throughout the play (30 marks)…
To begin with, Constancia promises her mother she’ll show respect but her actions show the opposite. For example it states, “Connie, please be nice to Abuela. She doesn’t have too many years left. Do you promise me Constancia?” This explains how her mother is making her a promise on what to do, and Constancia approves of it and accepts to show accepts. Furthermore, it shows how Constancias’ mother wants connie to form a relationship and bond with her. Another example is when Constancia is asked to take her Abuela to church, it states “I just can’t move to get her”. This reveals that Constancia is being embarrassed and she isn’t willing to help her Abuela, even though she promised her mother she…
Carol is the small confused child and initially comes across as a naïve girl who seems ungrateful for her lifestyle. She always seems to be dreaming big, of owning houses near the beach, but it is slowly revealed that her dreams are resulting from isolation and poverty and deficiency in her education. A quote to proof this will be "miss I don't like it. It's horrible. I just like sitting here with you, looking at the lake". This quote clearly shows how sweet and innocent Carol seemed when the play started. This seems to be very strange, for a young girl to want to sit in one place and keep watching the lake. This shows that her interests are like older people and that she is mature for her age .…
The play shows a lot of gender dominance, loyalty and obedience and the importance it plays in relationships and how to treat females. The story of Kat and Patrick’s relationship shows that you shouldn’t judge people on appearances. Patrick thinks there is no way he could actually like Kat but in the end she turns out to be the girl he falls in love with. The idea of not judging on appearances relates to real life. At the beginning of the film Michael walks through the courtyard with Cameron and informs him about the different social groups at Padua High School. The examples of Kat and Patrick show us that people can be different compared to how they first appeared to you. The movie wants us to learn that we should get to know someone, because if we judge on appearance only we could miss out on a great friendship or…
The acting of the play was highly good, and one of the play’s characters Margie Walsh, who had been a resident of Southie for many years, was sacked from her position of employment due to tardiness. She had been a cashier at a dollar-store business. Margie went to her old friend with whom she schooled in high school who had become a doctor and sought for employment. She shamed her doctor friend by the name Mike for declining to invite her to his birthday. Margie was looking forward to the birthday party. This was because she wanted to capitalize on the party in order to…
The other three mothers worry that their own daughters, like June, do not fully understand or appreciate the mothers’ stories. The book describes…
The main themes of the play are the fights between dreams and reality, between magic and love and thanks to the play within the play, author's expectations are met and we have a visual representation of that struggle. There is also a relation between seeing and acting that increases this idea.…
2. Blanche DuBois in this novel could be best described as a tragic hero. She is very capable of great deeds but is destined to fail due to such circumstances beyond her own control and fatal flaws. Blanche throughout the play is very fragile and delicate after the tragic death of her husband leaving her with the biggest flaw of desire. Blanche after the tragic death of her husband is in great search for a man who will fulfill her desire however, she seems to never get enough. Blanche held many intimacies ruining her reputation and soon left her home town to go live with her sister Stella in Elysian Fields. Blanche trying to portray herself as a respectable lady slowly reveals her secrets without any intentions. Blanche during her stay in New Orleans is in search of respect, love, and care returning to the traditional wants and needs of a woman during her youth time period. Blanche is not used to the way of life in the world during present time. Vanity soon falls into a fantasy that settles in her mind as delusion. Her vanity gets in the way of her love life, leads her to tell lies and believe them, and ultimately leads to her rape carried out by Stanley and…
The Stronger is a theatrically, intriguing piece of fiction by August Strindberg. A poignant one-act play with two women: Mrs. X and Miss Amelie Y. The first line within the play sets the scene “The corner of a ladies' cafe. Two little iron tables, a red velvet sofa, several chairs.”…
I went to the University Of North Carolina School of the Arts February 25, 2012 to see a production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It was not the most stunning of performances as the director John Langs definitely deserves some blame. When I first sat down in my seat, I immediately looked around me and saw several people also in attendance for the play. Quite frankly, I was unsure of what to expect as the only other play I had gone to was a Broadway production in New York. The actors and actresses came down the aisle during the very beginning of the production and talked to members of the audience including me. I thought it was a very good strategic move in order to get the audience immediately involved and…
Another aspect that this setting shows is that it is a tragedy of everyday life: the audience can hear the “confusion of street cries” and can see the lights of other tenements in the background. We can think that by adding those elements the playwright means to emphasize the fact that unlike in classical dramas, here the play is not about kings or heroes: it is just the tragedy of a common woman, no more special than the tragedy that each other families in the background and the people…
On Tuesday October 18th I went to the Hippodrome to watch my very first play and I must say, it was the best experience I’ve had with theater. I’ve been part of several school productions but I’ve never took my time out one watch one. The play titled “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” is about a child star named Jane who is favored by her father because of her talent. Her older sister Blanche is overlooked because she was not as famous as Baby Jane. One night returning after a party, one of the sisters were drunk while going back home, one of the sister’s got out of the car to open the gate leading up to their house, the other sister attempted to run her over because of jealousy and that actually led to Blanche ending up being paralyzed. Because of that, Jane ended up getting stuck taking care of her sister Blanche. Overall the play was fantastic and the…
Family, Honor, and Sacrifice The theme chosen from A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen was Sins of Parents Being Revisited on The Children. This Theme shined a light over not just Nora but also Anne Marie, who raise Nora all her life while struggling over the hurt she has for leaving her daughter to get a better job and to give her daughter a better life. Anne Marie shows a sign of a faithful caregiver and with a Filipino background Mothers leave their families and come to America, Europe, just anywhere they can to receive a better job in order to send money back to their families to give them a better life. This Essay is about not just The Sins of Parents Being Revisited on The Children but also the sacrifice of hardworking women that deserve more…