Top Girls

    In the play Top Girls the character I found interesting was Patient Griselda. It was not really the character she played but her life story depicted in the play "The Clerk's Tale". This woman patient, and in my opinion crazy. There is no way in the world I could be with a man like her husband. Then to later find out my children being kidnapped was set up by him, to marry our daughter later and have me prepare the wedding. 81

Doll House

In my opinion Helmer's reaction to Nora's confession was a little extreme. Helmer had a right to be concerned about his reputation but, the way he speaks to the woman he loves, exchanged vows with and beared his children is disgusting. Helmer:.... You will therefore continue to reside here, but the children shall be taken out of your hands. I dare no longer entrust them to you. (act3 P319). Who does he think he is? Yes be upset but don't cast away your woman like that. Especially, considering she did for him and their families well being. Nora had every right to leave him. She shouldn't have left her children forever but to get urself together would have been acceptable.

A Solid Home

Define: A solid home is when the stone slabs of a tombstone are placed on a grave site, as Lydia proclaimed: "A solid home! That's what I am! The stone slabs of my tomb (p781)
  Voice:....... you also have a solid and Christian home in the most terrible neglect. The homes do tremble before inexorable death....... (P779) Lydia: a solid home, Muni! That's just what I wanted...... and you already know, they took me to a strange house. (P780) Don Clement: Lili, aren't you happy? Now your house is the center of the sun, the heart of every star, the root of all the grasses, the most solid point of every stone (P780) Donna Gertrude: At times daughter you'll be very cold, and you'll be the snow falling on an unknown city or gray roofs and red caps (P780).
'A Solid Home' in my opinion is about death, the in between (spirits) and the final resting place (solid home)

Compare and Contrast Simon Pelkings and Elesin

Pelkings was an Administrator Prince, who does not believe in death. He is straight forward and not easily offended. He does not believe in religion but is well respected.
Like Pelkings, Elesin is well respected.
On the otherhand, Elesin is very respectful of death ( not sure if it has anything to do with the fact he is destined to die or not). He speaks very poetically. And is easily offended. Elesin also has a connection to the Gods.

Death and a Kings Horseman

Olunde committed suicide to help save the honor of his racebecause his father could not. Iyaloja: there lies the honor of your household and of our race. Because he could not bear to let honour fly out of doors, he stopped it with his life. The son has proved the fatjer Elesin, and there is nothing left in your mouth to gnash but infant gums (Scene5,P.667) Praise-Singer: Elesin, we placed the reins of the world in your hands yet watched it plunge over the edge of the bitter world from its course and crashed it beyond the edge of emptiness- you muttered, there is little that one man can do, you left us floundering on a blind future. Your heir has taken the burden on himself (Scene5, P667).

Death & the King's Horseman: Define

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No Saco Nada De La Escuela

This play has the title 'No Saco Nada De La Escuela', because this play argues that the educational system is irrelevant to the needs of the minority community, particularly in regard to the awareness of one's culture (p.763). For example, in the highschool scene they have to do an essay for graduation, Francisco decides to do his in spanish which causes the teacher to get extremely upset.... (teacher) "Get Out" (Francisco: why? I was only speaking my language. I'm Chicano, ¿que no? Teacher: Because I don't understand you. Francisco: So What? When I was small, I didn't understand English and you kept flunking me instead of teaching me Teacher: You are permanently expelled from this highschool! (P768). Maybe Francisco was a little disrespectful in his approach but he had a point. This still did not give the teacher any reason to get extremely upset and expel him from the school.

Ti-Jean & His Brothers #2

  The role of strength and intellect in the play was portrayed by all characters to some extent. Gros Jean was physically strong but intellectually weak. Mi Jean was intellectually strong yet cowardly weak. "You have one virtue more than your brother, fear. Nothing lives stronger than brute strength, sir, except it is human cowadice". (Old Man, Scene 2 P725) Ti Jean is physically and intellectually strong, he faces the challenge given by the devil and wins, "I'm as scared as Christ" says Ti Jean to the devil. (P735 Scene 3) The Bolom (scene3 Pg735) to the Devil "Master Be Fair" when he was trying to cheat TiJean.

Ti-Jean & His Brothers

In the play Ti-Jean and His Brothers, there appears to be more than one devil. The devil is actually three people in one (Old Man or Papa Bois, Planter, Devil). There is also a soul Bolom (the Devil's angel), who goes to the residence of Ti-Jean and his family (pg.720 Prologue).
  The Devil wishes to acquire Mother's three son's, so he may feel human,"He is dying to be human" (pg.721 Prologue) says the Devil through Bolom..... the devil proposes a challenge for Ti-Jean and his brothers...... If anyone human can make him feel anger, rage, and human weakness, He will reward them... If your sons fail to give him these feelings their flesh shall be eaten, but whichever was brave enough they shall inherit the wealth of my prince and once they are dead I too shall feel life!" (Bolom pg721 Prologue).

The Qing Pearl

The play Qing Pearl is a Chinese drama. This play is different from the other plays we have read (Trifles,Hamlet, and Harold & the Boys), in many ways.
Two of the characters in the play were talking animals. Li Chün "The Dragon" and Ni Chün "The Tiger". There was a fight for a cause, as with the plays, Hamlet, and Harold and the Boys, but in this play the oppressed came out on top and were fearless in protecting their rights and their pride.
When it comes to "Trifles", which characterizes housewives, abuse, and murder, "The Qing Pearl" is no comparison. Although, they both deal with in house labor, their isn't any type of abuse. In this household there is a father and daughter and the chores are even.

Harold and the Boys

Harold treated the boys kind of bad. He was verbally abusive, racist and very disrespectful. Harold's relationship with the boys was master and slave, as well as, teacher and student (Harold and Sam taught eachother).Although, Harold would turn to Sam for help, at the end of the day Harold was Sam's boss. For example, (bottom page 636) one night when Harold's father was drunk,the bar called the house and Harold received the call to come and get him. Harold was under age and needed an adult's help, so he woke up Sam and begged him to go.
In my opinion, Master Harold's relationship to the boys was fair for a master/slave relationship, but unfair for a friendly relationship.

Hamlet

  No, I don't believe the Queen Gertrude participated in the King's death. When the King was murdered Gertrude was already dead. She died from drinking the poison meant for her son Hamlet.
  In Act5, Scene2, Line 320 Hamlet stabbs King, Line 325 King dies after being forced by Hamlet to drink what was left of the poison that killed his mother Queen Gertrude.

Hamlet

  I do not believe that Hamlet was crazy. But I do believe he had every right to be. I think he was simply doing what he felt he needed to in order to avenge his fathers death. Yes he portrayed himself as crazy but infact he was far from. In my opinion, he had feelings inside and might have suffered from depression considering all that he was dealing with.
 It starts with his uncle Claudius who kills the King (Hamlet's father). Claudius then takes the throne, as well as, the Queen ( Hamlet's mother). Later the Queen dies from drinking the poison set for Hamlet.
Wait a minute.... maybe he was crazy because I personally might have gone insane to say the least.

Trifles

In the play "Trifles" the female characters represent housewives from different backgrounds and lifestyles.
Mrs. Peter's is rich and married to the Sheriff (head honcho). She is a dynamic and complex character. Mrs.Peters started out not wanting to be an accessory then later taking the bird from Mrs. Hale.
  Mrs. Hale is a stay at home mom. She is a dynamic and complex character.
  Mrs. Minnie Forster Wright was a battered wife. She was an indirect character . I guess you can say she too is a round character, because she went from being a sunshine to a cloud.

Rituals

    About ten years ago my bestfriend Temar and I celebrated Easter together. It was not on a Sunday , but it was in a Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox Church. I was ready to be enlightened. I had never attended an Ethiopian celebration.
    In Temar's family the ritual was to attend church on the Saturday before Easter Sunday. The service would last all night into early hours of the morning. Although, there were similarities, the differences were intriguing. We were preached to, fed and entertained.
    The Ethiopian cuisine consists of spicy vegetable and meat dishes, usually in the form of wat (or wot), a thick stew, served atop injera, a large sourdough flatbread, (which is about 50 centimeters (20 inches) in diameter and made out of fermented teff flour). No utensils are used, Ethiopians eat with their right hands, using pieces of injera to pick up bites of entrées and side dishes. (Wiki-Pedia)
      At the end of the service, I was very tired and vowed to never attend again but I did really enjoy myself. I think the food and the love was the best part of that night.

Testing

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