THST 2120 Lecture 3: Lecture 3.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Theatre Studies
• Course: THST 2120
• Professor: Sky Gilbert

Document Summary

Deep south setting time of old family money slowly dwindling family money dwindling b/c slavery abolished. Hebrew bible destroy a good thing for their own greed foxes ruined grape vine to get to the grapes. Moderately wealthy family"s greed causes their own undoing. Regina reaches her desired wealth but loses everything else. Theme: deception and deterioration of relationships because of greed: great depression, men dominating theatre industry at the time femininity to counteract that. Discussion: driving force in the play is plot (according to sky, whether good or bad is going to win is important aspect. No exploration of why there are good and bad people. Unity of opposites (protagonists and antagonists) have match set of forces. Exposition filling in background information: get the background well (none of this remember when blah blah blah) What"s similar b/w the end of the 1st and 2nd acts each ends in dispute, someone walking out. No one suddenly turns into a raving maniac.