This is really very exciting... I've never done a 'blog' before!
In response to Mr. Weddle's ideas about the three plots, I totally agree on virtually all counts. I would like to clarify a few things though. Is Jack a dynamic character in the play? I felt like he was so far 'gone' by the time the sisters encounter him again that he really remains his benign, semi-doddering pagan self the rest of the play, as though outside information can no longer really reach him or affect him. I would think that both he and Kate are static, just opposite static forces, one of the live and let live ideology, harmless and complacent, and the other a rigid conformist who tries to bend others to her beliefs, and is dissatisfied with almost everything she encounters. Perhaps I'm seeing this totally incorrectly, though, please argue with me if I am. I didn't even realize Jack was pagan, after all- haha.
I have a few questions from re-reading the script, which I'm sure we can go over tomorrow but I'd still like to get them out there. 1. What exactly is 'turf'? I looked it up and only found what I expected to find... "the top layer of the ground". Does that mean that we burned sod as fuel?
2. Does anyone have any ideas as to what it is that I show Micheal when I came in talking about the fox? I show him something in my cupped hands, ask if he can hear it, then watch it fly away... I know it is symbolic, but I can't decide for what. Something you can only catch a glimpse of. Maybe love? Happiness?
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Hi Julia,
It is fun, isn't it. Electronic thought sharing. It can get addictive, but in a good way.
To answer your inqueries: I agree with you that Jack is a static character in the story. My thought was that Jack's character has a past that is nothing like the Jack that we encounter. His journey is one that is discovered through the audience's and the sisters journey. But that is far reaching. I think that we should agree on this though for our purposes.
Turf: we need to ask. I found the same thing, and my only other thought was animal dung. I know that people use it for fuel. It makes it kind of funny too. Symbolic as well. "The 'turf' hits the fan."
My thoughts were a bird of some sort. Maybe a butterfly? We can discover this in the process.
Thanks for the great thoughts, questions, and insights.
Chad Weddle
Though I must say that there seems to be an odd jump in Jack's lucidity between the time he leaves during Act 1 and then comes on again later in the act, I would have to concur and say that he is static, except for that odd memory lapse moment.
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