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[Jarrett Harding @JarrettHarding4]

@TaylorH79205875 1. There are quite a few differences in both stories, like the prince's personality and how she runs away from the prince instead of falling in love with him.
2. The story that surprised me most was probably the Rapunzel story because of her fate, and how different it was.

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@JohnJoh38043962 1. I believe that the theme of the story was to "not everything is at it seems" because there are wishes that do not end up being what they thought they would be.
2. Cinderella runs away because she realizes that he is not who she thought he was as a person. He is not sincere.

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@SamanthaPanicc1 I would say that the Witch be a dominant character because without her, many of the problems wouldn't have started.
I think the title is significant because the woods symbolize the unknown which is why it is called "Into the Woods."

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@Lindsey58046253 1. Lula's speech shows how truly manipulative and cruel she is. She can take advantage of white privilege and use it how she wants like a tool.
2. The overall message is the contrast between white people's lifestyle and black people's lifestyle. How they are immensely different.

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@TaylorH79205875 1.Clay represents the life that many black people face, racism. He is a good person that turns to rage because of how life and society treats him.
2. Lula is the opposite where she represents white privilege and gets away with many things that black people could not.

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@TaylorH79205875 1. Shange has had many troubles in her life that she has had to deal with and gone through many difficult times as well so she relates to the characters.
2. The brown lady was more of a relation to the audience because she was symbolizing black people and their struggles.

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@Stay_Frostie 1. Shange's unique choreopoem style of writing helps by using an artistic way of writing to show the women's struggles.
2. Shange uses the voice of a lot of women to show that they all have different kinds of struggles they deal with.

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@mariokierudita 1. The speaker in "graduation night' shows her innocence by explaining how excited she was for losing her virginity, because adults normally do not care as much.
2. This also seemed to affect her the most because kids take it more seriously than most adults do. It's important.

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@swett_pants114 Self realization played a huge role by having the characters realize that they are strong and can survive anything that goes their way. They realize that they are worth everything.

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@allison_polnau The style of writing creates a bridge that helps the audience relate to the girls/characters. The music also helps with us relating to them.

[Jarrett Harding @JarrettHarding4]

Week 8
1. In the Piano Lessons, what does the piano specifically symbolize?
2. How does this affect the main siblings and change their ideas on what they should do with the piano?
#ITD055

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@AnnaRunnfeldt 1. I believe that Othello developed these violent behaviors from how socially insecure he was. He badly did not want to be humiliated or to lose his ego.
2. The significance of this quote is to make sure that women and men in these times played victim to these stereotypes.

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@JTemborius 1. I think Morrison included this discussion for more background information for Desdemona and Othello like their own backstories.
2. No, I do not believe that Desdemona could reconcile with Othello because his ego made him believe everyone other than her.

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@dean_mlaka 1.Othello's upbringing caused him to be very prideful. Othello made sure that he would never be humiliated. This made him make decisions like killing Desdemona which was a huge mistake.2.Morrison gave her this name because it foreshadowed Desdemona's future.The tone is ill-fated.

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@macalanda_ryan The significance of using Hip-Hop and R&B in the musical helped show how the times of changed. The actors of color being used instead of being the color that they would have been back in Hamilton's time frame shows the times changing. Music around modern era helped this as well.

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@CharlieMollahan I believe that Alexander Hamilton was very similar to Abraham Lincoln in views. Abraham Lincoln was against slavery as well which is then what led him to abolishing it. I believe that in terms of points of view, Lincoln and Hamilton are similar.

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@AnaMira62006174 This artistic choice of using people of color for actors was used to help show current society how times have changed and are not the same as they used to be. Also considering Hamilton was against slavery which was a major controversial topic back then.

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@colbyyoffutt Alexander Hamilton's view on slavery was different than what is should have been in his time frame. He was against slavery which was very controversial. Using many different people with different ethnic backgrounds than they were supposed to be, showed that he was against it.