The Lucky Pearl

The Quin Ding Pearl

 This play is very different from the plays I’ve read so far. First off the obvious it’s a Chinese play. The story it tells is very unique a Chinese girl is finally a hero in the story. We usually see the father and his son fighting out the “war” in this play we have young girl fight out with her dad. Also we always see how he powerful is always on top undefeatable. In this play the Hsiao En (the fisher) and his daughter Kuei Ying refuse to get picked on any longer and refuse to have their pride be stepped on. 

Apartheid In Action

 Throughout the play there is a lot of racial segregation between African Americans and the white people. You can see how they are separated and treated differently. On page 622 Sam tells Harold his master that he can speak loud that his mom wasn't around and what does this mean? What i get from this is that he can now speak to the boys because his mom isn’t around. On page 631 There’s a conversation with Sam and Harold and Harold tells him that what would people think if they walk inside the business shop and see them goofing around his mom could lose her license for such thing. It wasn’t a normal act for an African American to have fun especially at work where the majority is white people. Lastly on page 635 Sam and Harold are arguing and Harold reminds him that he is only a servant there not to forget that.   Sam argues about his boss being Harold’s mom since she’s the one that pays him. Harold replies by saying “he’s a white man and that’s good enough for you”. with this statement it more than clear that white over powered the back 

Master Harold and the Boys

The relationship between Master Harold and the boys was very unique i must say. Master Harold was a white boy still in school and the boys, Willie and Sam were African Amerians employers working for Harold (or Hally as they called him) parents. Harold didnt really treat them as a white person would treat a African American worker back in those days. Harold and the boys would talk to eachother about mostly everything. The boys would goof around master Harold and thats wasnt  something "normal" back in thoese day. Sam saw Hally with father eyes and Hally saw Sam as a big brother. Sam would always give Harold advices, he wanted to better him as a person. The relationship between Sam and Will was like a brother to brother relationship. Seems as if they knew eachother fror a long time. Also Sam seemed more mature and open minded then Willie and Harold were. Although Sam and Willie respected Harold and kept in mind that at the end of the day Harold was their master their realtionship was not like a normal white persons relationship with his Aferican American workers.

Guilty or innocent?

Hamlet by Shakespeare

I don’t believe Gertrude’s had anything to do with her husband’s death although in the plays it seems as she did. I believe she wasn’t in love with the king but was incapable of doing such thing.  The good side of her comes out when she drinks from the glass of wine that was poisoned. I believe she knew it was poison and took the drink before her son would.  I think she scarified her life for her son. Although I don’t justify her moving on so fast but I don’t think she would be part of the assassination of her husband.

From crazies to insane, to sane.

Hamlet by: Shakespeare

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–adjective

1.

Mentally deranged; demented; insane.

2.

senseless; impractical; totally unsound: a crazy scheme.

Crazy? What exactly is crazy and who made up all these definitions to define crazy? My definition of crazy is being different and unique. So, when asked if Hamlet is crazy, Hell yes. He’s crazy in the sense that he goes after what he believes in not having a care in the world. He has a powerful mind that is determined to go after the person responsible for his father’s death. Many people may define Hamlet as crazy because he talks to himself and may have mood swings. But who doesn’t really? We all communicate with our inner self and we all scream and shout when needed.  Hamlet is a young man standing in a border line between dual roles of being a prince and son. I give Hamlet all the right reasons to be unique and different. To cry and smile, laugh and grin. To climb walls and fall against some as well. Crazy? What exactly is crazy and who made up all these definitions to define crazy, well crazy people did. Like you and me. From crazies to insane, to sane.

“Trifles: by: Susan Glaspell (1916)

“Trifles: by: Susan Glaspell (1916)

I’ll start off by saying the play is amazing! I can’t believe this was written in 1916. My favorite character in the play has to be Mrs. Wright although she doesn’t act on the play there’s a lot you learn from what others say.  I believe that Mrs. Wright killed her husband only because he dragged her to do so. I sense she wasn’t happy with her marriage and neither was she in love. I think the bird is a symbolism of Mrs. Wright how she was before marriage. She was; young, full of life, joyful, liberal, and fun to be around just like a bird. Afterwards she was trapped and killed by her husband .Not physically but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I mean it’s obvious this lady wasn’t in her 5 senses and it’s obvious she was lifeless.  Who knows since this play was from 1916 maybe this marriage was arranged, and maybe neither or them weren’t happy with their lives. That would explain Mr. Wrights “dryness”