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Anara Magavi

1)  Setting, Plot & Characters Plot  

  • What parts of the play did you find most interesting? 

I really liked the part with Abigail and John with the flashlights and the switch to the wizard person.

  • What parts bored you?

there were some parts where I was not completely sure what was going on and I did not really understand it

  • How did you feel during different parts of the play? 

thee were some very intense scenes that had a lot of emotion

  • What caused these feelings?

the yelling and facial expressions and hand gestures

  • Who do you like? Who do you dislike? Who does not interest you?

I disliked the judge, the cop, and Abigail. I liked the older lady and the man who was eating his apple at the beginning 

2) Themes – What are the prominent ideas or concepts explored in the play?

confusion sadness miscommunication secrets 

3) Production/Design Elements - Set, Props, Costumes, Lighting, Sound

  • How does each element help tell the story?

the lighting makes parts more or less dramatic or it can muddle pieces to make them scarier the sets help show the setting and the costumes help show more about the characters 

  • How does each element tell us about the characters?

the characters personalities and actions can be dramaticised 

  • How does each element create a feeling, atmosphere, or emotion?

spotlights can be very dramatic a mess in a set can show distress etc

4) Theater and Its Double: Art Reflects Life, Life Reflected Through Art

  • How is this story similar to actual events that have occurred in the past or are happening the world today? Which events?

the "all muslims and immigrants are terrorists" thing, ICE, police racism and brutality, shootings, the holocaust, and so on

  • Are any characters like actual people today or in history? Who?

yes there are a lot of [people currently and in history that are very similar to the people in the play.