By The Bog Of Cats Essay

Not only did it help to aid in giving the viewer an idea of the setting of the play, but also aided in the over feel and mood of the production.

It is noticed that Hester dresses her daughter differently from the other children in the town. All of Pearl's clothing are scarlet. However Hester is not trying to make her daughter look like no clown

From the beginning, we see that Hester Prynne is a young and beautiful woman who has brought a child into the world with an unknown father. She is punished by Puritan society by wearing the scarlet letter A on the bosom of her dress and standing on the scaffold for three hours. The scaffold is a painful task to bear; the townspeople gathered around to gossip and stare at Hester and her

The narrator covers the events of several years. After a few months, Hester is released from prison. Although she is free to leave Boston, she chooses not to do so. She settles in an abandoned cabin on a patch of infertile land at the edge of town. Hester remains alienated from everyone, including the town fathers, respected women, beggars, children, and even strangers. She serves as a walking example of a fallen woman, a cautionary tale for everyone to see. Although she is an outcast, Hester remains able to support herself due to her uncommon talent in needlework. Her taste for the beautiful infuses her embroidery, rendering her work fit to be worn by the governor despite its shameful source. Although the ornate detail of her artistry defies

‘The young woman was tall, with a figure of perfect elegance.” and “She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it through off the sunshine…” (4). While managing to face her realities, Hester accepts her “sin” and fate with dignity.

Hester provides her with clothing that is “distinguished by a fanciful… fantastic ingenuity, which… heighten[s] the airy charm that early began to develop itself in the little girl” (pg. 57). Hester gives Pearl all of the nicest things, though simple, that she can afford. Pearl’s “airy charm” is enhanced through her magnificent outfits. While Pearl receives the best from her mother, Hester only wears the “plainest and most ascetic” clothing that is made out of “the coarsest materials and the most sombre hue; with only that one ornament,—the scarlet letter,—which it [is] her doom to wear” (page 57).

Hester has to go through all the rumors and talking that the townspeople say about her since she does have to stand on the scaffold where she's publicly shamed for committing such sin that is unjustifiable. Nathaniel Hawthorne has major and unrevealed symbolisms

Hester faces conflict with Puritan society again when she cannot use her elaborate seamstress skills to make bride veils. Although Hester is very talented she is restricted from anything that would offend the Puritan society, which becomes evident when it is stated, “But it is not recorded that, in a single instance, her skill was called in aid to embroider the white veil which was to cover the pure blushes of a bride” (73). The moral sin of Hester Prynne leads to conflict with the Puritan way of life.

The townspeople, in shock, sympathize Hester because the unknown adulterer exposes his secret. As Dimmesdale finishes his last words to his true love, he dies in Hester’s arms. Watching Hester lose the love of her life and Pearl lose her father allows others to sympathize them because once again they are left to fend for themselves. The shared feeling between the Puritan town

Hester Prynne is one of the believable characters. It seems that Hester, like many women will wear there nicest clothing, “on the breast of her gown…an embrace embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread appeared the letter A…a splendor of occurrences with

Hester has to watch Pearl go through a hard life growing up because she can not go to a public school, and therefore can not try to make friends. The daughter reminds Hester, everytime she looks at pearl, that it was her fault that there is so many unfortunate situations for her daughter. Prynne is flashed back to her past at the sight of Pearl, and wishes she succeeds and lives a happy life, unlike her mother. Pearl is a sweet little girl, but the people of the city think she is devilish. This further represents Hester, and tells the reader that Pearl and her mother both seem like humane, good people, but can be terrible people

The lighting of any production is the most important part in my thought. the lighting puts you in the mood that you have to be in, in order to fully understand that part of the show and to actually live it like they do. For example, when they were in the park and it was raining, they had their umbrellas, and the background effects of rain made it really seem as if it was raining in the theatre. The lighting was always focused on every part of the stage, especially on those who were the main parts in that scene.

“The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe is one of Poe’s greatest literary works that embodies his signature themes of death, violence, and darkness. Poe’s main character begins his narration of his horrible wrongdoings regarding them as a “series of mere household events” (Poe 705). However, this is where Poe’s satire and irony begins and the story progresses to show the deranged mindset of this character as he tries to justify his actions. As the main character proceeds to rationalize his crime, Poe is able to convey a sense of irony through his use of foreshadowing, metaphors and symbolism.

Throughout the play, I enjoyed the role of music used to set a comic atmosphere and replace the dialogs during comic scenes (e.g. when they chase each other around). I also thought that they made a good use of light to indicate the moment of the day the scene was happening or to set the atmosphere of the scene (e.g. pink colour during the romantic moments). Lastly, I liked the way the play ended. Even though it was a little messy with everyone running after each other off and on stage, and this policeman coming out of nowhere, which really surprised me; I couldn’t think of a better way to end the play.

The setting of the play helped to develop the mood. First of all, the abundance of props brought the story to live successfully. For example, the bed and door created the forgotten, quiet feeling in the old man's room. Next, the floorboards were lifted up so it actually looked like the