Meghan Keating

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@JohnJoh38043962 2)I think that Cinderella continues to run away from the prince because he is not what she believed/made him out to be. Carolyn points out an important quote that the Prince said himself he wasn't raised to be sincere, but rather a gentleman.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@JohnJoh38043962 1. I believe that the overall theme of the play is "be careful what you wish for." What they once thought was best for them might not actually be the right path or what they were meant to be/do.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@SamanthaPanicc1 2) I think that the title "Into the Woods" is significant because it holds fascination and wonder. All of the characters go into the woods during the play looking or hoping for something. The woods are what unite all of the characters in the story.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@SamanthaPanicc1 many other characters and their story/hunt for goods to give the Witch propel the story line forward and is at the center of the plot.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@SamanthaPanicc1 1) I would agree with Jarret and Carolyn that the witch is the most dominant character. She appears in many scenes and also is one of the character with the most lines. I would also say that the baker and his wife are dominant characters in the first act since they interact with

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@Lindsey58046253 1) Lula's speech/gestures reveal how manipulative, aggressive and truly racist she is.
2) I believe that Baraka wrote Dutchman to reveal how prevalent stereotypes, white privilege, and the difference in lifestyle between white people and black people because of these thing.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@TaylorH79205875 2) Lula represents white privilege and ignorance. She is beautiful on the outside but underneath we find she is racist and naive.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@TaylorH79205875 1) Clay's name symbolizes earth and change. "Clay is a malleable material, capable of being shaped into anything the manipulator desires. Clay in Dutchman is similarly malleable in Lula's hands."

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@TaylorH79205875 1. In Orthello, Desdemona is not fully developed. She is characterized as a quiet women who follows the rules and does as she is told. In Morrison's version, she focused on Desdemona and reveals her inner thoughts and emotions and we see that she does think for herself.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@JTemborius 1. I believe that Morrison included this discussion because it allowed us to learn more about both Desdemona and Orthello. It showed us what their past/upbringing was like and how it correlates to the way they live their lives.
2. No, not after everything he did to her.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@AnnaRunnfeldt 1. Orthello developed violent behavior due to his tough upbringing. He is insecure and finds power and confidence through his dominance.
2. This quote reveals what society was like during the time period of the play. Women were expected to stand back and not intervene.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@TaylorH79205875 this play for girls with similar experiences.
2. The brown lady in the play was the only lady not representing a color of the rainbow; she was the outlier. She proclaims that she represents "all colored girls"

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@TaylorH79205875 1. Shange based the stories of the seven women in the play off of her own life experiences. Despite growing up in a well off family, Shange like other black girls was faced with racism and sexism from an early age. She even tried to take her own life on four occasions, writing

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@Stay_Frostie 2. By using the voice of multiple women, it shows that it was not just one persons story and their stories were representative of many black people at the time and today.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@Stay_Frostie 1. Through the use of poetry and music, Shange is able to create a more emotion experience for the reader. It also makes the topics of abortion, racism, and rape less daunting and uncomfortable to the audience.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@swett_pants114 At the end of the play, self-realization brought the women together and created a safe space and sense of sisterhood. They realized that they were not alone and could share their experiences with and rely on one another.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@allison_polnau distance between the reader and character which keeps us from pitying the characters in the play.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@allison_polnau Through the use of poetry, Shange is able to use language that she would not be able to in dialogue. She is able to convey more emotion and it adds a sense of beauty to the play despite it being a not so beautiful topic. Similarly to The Bluest Eye, by using poetry there is...

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@mariokierudita Of the two rights of passage, I believe that losing her virginity meant more to the lady in yellow. To her it meant that she was no longer a child and was seen as a women in society.

[Meghan Keating @MeghanKeating3]

@mariokierudita censored life anymore and has to face oppression and sexism within society.