Conflict Between Joseph And His Brothers

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is based on the biblical story of Joseph, who was born in Canaan, or ancient Israel. In the musical version, he is listed as the last of the sons of Jacob. His brothers are jealous of Joseph and when they were in the fields, they beat him up and sold him into slavery to a group of Ishmaelites. The Ishmaelites take Joseph to Egypt, where he first serves the house of Potiphar, one of the richest men in Egypt. He is accused of attacking Potiphar’s Wife and sent to jail. After several years in Jail, Joseph is sent to interpret the dreams of the Pharaoh. Joseph predicted Pharaoh’s dreams were a premonition about seven years of good crops and climate, which were followed by seven years of drought and

Jealousy and hate cause Joseph’s brothers to sell him into slavery. The explanation for the jealousy and hate are found in the book of Genesis in the Bible. The Bible explains that Joseph was loved more by their father (Israel) since he was the child of his father’s old age. Another reason is because God gave Joseph the ability to interpret dreams which caused his brothers’ jealousy to turn into hate. (The Norton Anthology World Literature, pg. 180) The jealousy and hate the brothers felt for Joseph would cause the brothers to sell him into slavery and deceive their father.

Joseph stops behaving like a Jew, he eats the feast she prepares for him dropping the dietary Jewish dietary restrictions, and changes his dress by wearing Helen’s old husband’s clothes. Joseph lives with Helen like he is her husband, but one day he realizes that Helen wants to kill him, and drink his blood just as she had done with her previous husbands. After a two failed attempts on his life, Helen ends up killing herself instead. Joseph barely escapes, and in an unemotional manner leaves the lady’s house. After her death, instead of understanding the perils of his

Jacob’s preferential treatment towards Joseph was destructive, and created dissension among Joseph’s brothers (fueled sibling rivalry –

Joseph began his life as the favorite son of Jacob who tended to the flocks as a shepherd.3 These humble beginnings foreshadow how one day Joseph will tend to the Seed of the Woman during times of famine in the land by giving food to this eleven brothers. Jacob, who was the son of Isaac, had eleven other sons who were jealous of the special attention that Joseph received. In fact, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.4 Joseph had a dream that predicted that Joseph would one day reign over his older brothers. This upset his brothers and they tricked Joseph by selling him into slavery. Joseph was then taken to Egypt where he was sold to Potiphar and became a servant in

Joseph was one of the 12 sons fathered by Jacob. He was the first born son of Jacob and Rachel. Joseph was much younger than his brothers and highly loved and favored by his father. Jacob gave Joseph an ornate robe that displayed that nepotism. Joseph had some pretty momentous dreams when he was only 17 years old. His dreams indicated that his brothers were going to bow down to him. Joseph told his family of his dreams in an attempt to seek the meaning behind them. Jacob’s favoritism caused his sons to be jealous. Joseph’s brothers decided to sell him into slavery to an Egyptian man, named Potiphar. Joseph excelled at everything he did. Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his home. Joseph grew up to be a very handsome man. Potiphar’s wife coveted him, but Joseph would not commit sin against Potiphar or God, so the wife had him thrown in prison. He continued to exceed while in prison. He interpreted dreams for prisoners and eventually Pharaoh. Pharaoh gave Joseph authority over all the land and began storing food for the inevitable famine. This lead to Joseph’s family coming to ask for food

No one understood what he was going through and he had no one to lean on. Because he has to deal with everything himself, he has many internal and external conflicts. He has to deal with the fact that his only friend and the love of his life is gone forever. Unfortunately, he does not fully share his thoughts or problems to the reader or people around him. With a positive tone, the author states that "it was inside him and outside him, and it was already starting to scream, and it was getting louder and his brain was getting louder and he threw water in his face but he couldn’t stop it” (Schmidt 82). This quote displays the fact that he is a very troubled boy who has a lot on his plate. Joseph has to overcome all of his problems by himself, and he feels like he is going to explode. Joseph is also becoming a dynamic character because he starts to get closer to his family. Once he does this, he beings to tell them his story, and what had happened to him. This is an incredibly important part in the story because it really shows the reader what Joseph is like on the inside. Similarly, it explains that he is capable of sharing his

The story of Joseph, commonly known as, Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat, is a story about how Joseph’s brothers turn on him. It features the relationships throughout the family and shows how ignorant some people can be. In the darkest times, only one of Joseph’s brothers stands up for him. His brothers sell him to merchants and they never expect to see him again. Jealousy and envy drive them to this point; a point which you can never come back from.

Joseph was the first born child of Rachel and because he was born to Jacob in his old age, Jacob loved Joseph more than his other sons and made Joseph a richly ornamented robe, therefore Joseph’s brothers hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. Joseph also had dreams that indicated that he would reign over his brothers and this caused more hatred toward him. His brothers were jealous of the love that he received from their father and because of his dreams. Consequently, Joseph’s brothers plotted to kill him but instead they sold him to some Ishmaelites that were passing through to Egypt.

From a foreshadowing perspective, the first set of dreams has striking similarities to what will happen later in the narrative. In the first dream, Joseph talks about harvesting grain and how the brother’s

Joseph was accused of raped Potiphar’s wife. When you’re in a higher position you don’t expect someone to turn you down. Would you trust the person who accused you of doing something you didn’t do? We are living in a world today where everyone sins, lies and deceived. At this time joseph would be thinking not to trust anyone because his family turn their back against him and leave him to suffer. But instead joseph give up he continue to trust god and god bless him with command over the prison. The gift that god gave joseph he used it to interpreted the dreams of both the cupbearer and the baker. No matter what circumstances or obstacle you face in life always remember there is a god that makes anything possible. When joseph interpreted their dreams they said to joseph no one has ever interpreted pharaoh’s dreams before. What kind of person that tells you joseph his? Being held in prison for something he didn’t do. Joseph has put is faith into god and relying on him for direction. What did joseph asked the cupbearer for? Joseph asked the cupbearer to remember him, but, he didn’t because everything goes well he would be released from prison. But again someone turn their back against him again if that was the only hope joseph had to get out of prison it wouldn’t

Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker offended him so he threw them in jail. Potiphar assigned them to Joseph. After some time, both men had a dream and Joseph noticed they were downcast about it. So he asked them why they were gloom and they said because they had a dream they did not understand. Joseph asked them to tell him his dreams because God can interpret

First of all, why God didn’t help Joseph? In chapter 6, Joseph was sold to Egypt by some merchants, and after this, he was sent to prison where he spent two years. Of course we can think God is cure to Joseph, but God gave him the ability to interpret dreams, and then he came out from prison successfully by explaining Pharaoh’s dream. It is not hard to see that God tends to protect Joseph in his way, in my opinion, maybe God want to test if he is strong and intelligent.

Throughout Joseph’s life, whether he was locked away in prison, or second in command of Egypt, he always worked hard and never betrayed the trust his masters put in him. When Joseph was fist sold into slavery in the land of Egypt he found himself in charge of an official’s house. It was a prestigious position where he had little oversight, “having left everything he owned in Joseph’s charge, he gave no thought, with Joseph there, to anything but the food he ate” (39:6). Instead of abusing the trust that his master placed in him by sleeping with his wife, however, Joseph worked hard and respected all that belonged to his master. Later, when Joseph became incarcerated he was put in charge of all the prisoners in the entire jail, “everything that had to be done there, he was the one to do it” (39:22). Joseph once again had little oversight, yet instead of becoming lazy or abusing the trust of the chief jailer, Joseph continued to work hard during the entirety of his incarceration. Joseph’s work ethic throughout these hardships amaze me. Being able to continue to work after having been sold into slavery by his brothers and wrongly thrown into prison by his mater is something that I know I do not have the inner strength to do. I struggle to clean up a mess my siblings made without arguing, or complaining. After his incarceration, Joseph became extremely powerful rising to the rank of second in command of Egypt. Joseph could have done whatever he wanted, seek revenge on those who wronged him, or became lazy and push the work onto someone else. Despite this, Joseph stayed true to his task of collecting grain. He “collected grain like the sands of the sea, so much that at last he stopped measuring it” (41:49). After suffering through all the hardships in his life I am bewildered by Josephs ability to maintain his work ethic. He did not allow the power to go to his head and corrupt him, but rather stayed the same humble servant that he had always been.

The two characters, Old Major and Joseph, posses multiple similarities. Both Old Major and Joseph use their dreams, as a foreshadowing, of the future. In the book of Genesis, Joseph is made famous for describing his own dreams, along with the dreams of others. The Egyptian Pharaoh states, “‘I had a dream…I have heard it said of you…when you hear a dream you can interpret it’” (Genesis 41:15). The Pharaoh’s sleeping mind allows Joseph to work his magic, his God-given gift of interpretation. Joseph is well-respected. Joseph is insightful. Joseph is wise. Old Major is well-respected. Old Major is insightful. Old Major is wise. All the animals are eagerly awaiting to hear his dream. Old Major brought forth a propering concept of the future, which later became reality. “‘There, comrades, is the answer to our problems’”(7). Old Major spread the predictions and plans, for the future, Joseph told the dreams and truths, of the future. Their