Play Analysis : Playing With Fire

Mahasweta Devi’s short story, “Giribala,” is about the life of Giribala, a girl of Talsana village located in India. Born into a caste in a time when it was still customary to pay a bride-price, Giri is sold to Aulchand by her father. From this point on, we see a series of unfortunate, tragic events that take place in Giri’s life as a result of the circumstances surrounding Giri’s life. There are many issues in Giri’s life in India that Devi highlights to readers. First, the economic instability of the village leads to an extremely poor quality of life for the lower, working classes. Next, the cruel role of women determined by men in society is to either satisfy the sexual desires of men or to reproduce offspring who can work or be sold off to marriages. There are also other social norms and beliefs which discriminate against women that will be discussed.

Upper caste women may undergo dramatically different experiences than lower caste women. For example, lower caste women do not practice sati, because it is mostly prevalent among upper caste women. Thus, they may not comprehend how sati may function as a tool of control of female sexuality. On the other hand, upper caste women may not comprehend the experiences of widow-remarriage as practiced by lower caste women. Granted that, Mohanty makes a great point by asserting that it is impossible to analyze and treat Indian women as an ahistorical and monolithic group of people. Indian women are heterogeneous, and significant attention must be given to the components of race, class, imperialism. Furthermore, given their background, many of Western feminists in India were supporters of the colonial government and saw themselves as agents of the civilizing mission. They believed that Indian women were incapable of speaking for themselves, and thus were also incapable of liberating themselves. They disregarded that Indian women were victims of both British imperialism and the patriarchal Indian society, and thus the oppression they faced greatly differed from that of Western women. If anything, western women participated in their

Throughout our experience, we have encountered so many challenges when it comes to gender in the society. Gender is being used as a basis for stratifying people in the society. In this article, the racial caste system that used to exist in the United State is depicted. In that the black women were denied the access to justice because of their status. They were perceived to be people who do not have any right within the society and no one could believed them when they were raped by the white men because all the court judges were white men according to this article. The women were classified to be from poor background and they should remain at a low class in the society.

As a result of these reviews, the ongoing reconstruction of the social status and roles of Hindu women has brought about many new changes in Hinduism. Some of these changes include changes in education, health measures, problems of early marriages, the positions of widows, and the representation of women in governing bodies (Desai, et al., 1995). For example, within Hinduism now,

Gender inequality is displayed in many countries around the globe. In India, the society begins gendering as soon as a child is born. In most cases, the birth of a daughter is unwelcome but that of a son is celebrated. The boys are brought up bold and outgoing while the girls are expected to be at home and do chores. While the other discriminations like economic or social discriminations are present outside the home, but gender discrimination is present outside and inside households. In a familial setup, the father is the head of the family and decision maker. The mother generally performs the ‘home making’. Even if the woman is employed, she is expected to do the domestic chores, in addition to her job. Even though she earns, she does not have the freedom to plan her salary or decide anything.

People often said that daughters were “someone else’s treasure” and that the sooner you parted ways with them the “better off” everyone was (Sheth 9). As a result of this male dominated mindset and society, women were caught in a cycle of misery and restraint that was seemed impossible to abandon (Indian Women). Unfortunately, it gave rise to some of the most evil practices in the Indian culture, such as Sati, child marriage and the limitations on female education.

When I see a show I usually am very focused on the acting. That being said, I found it an interesting challenge to focus more on the set and tech while watching One Slight Hitch. I have always believed lighting, sound, and set bring a show to life, but I haven’t ever watched and paid attention to those aspects specifically when seeing a show.

When I watched Mr. Burns, I really liked the choreography, the design, and how the actors portrayed their characters and the world they lived in. The play did several things that I really liked and the play did a few things that I didn’t really understand why it was in there. Otherwise though, it was a great play and I would recommend watching it to everyone.

Since the beginning of the world woman has been considered or viewed as objects of man. Our place has always been at home cleaning, cooking, taking care of the children, and as sexual slaves of man. Comparing the situation of woman in the Ancient India with the one in the Inkan society, it is notable that even though years passed or culture changed women’s role was always the same, one more male chauvinist than the other but still the same repression with us. In the Ancient India, as in many traditional civilizations, males had superiority about females. According to the men of that society and many others, women were considered an economic burden, since women were viewed as being unable to do work outside the home.

I believe that it is more important to alow a child to focus more on creative play. Here are three statements that support my opinion, I think that creative play is apart of every childs childhood. Another reason is that a child can learn alot from playing creatively. My final reason is that creative play can teach a child to be a leader.

Forty Six years ago, on January 24, India got her First Lady Prime Minister - Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The nation of male dominance stood standstill in the awe of the power of this one lady whose determination spoke volumes. Today, India stands high in the race of urbanization but in the genre of social development, it is away behind. It is an irony in this country that where mother is worshipped as Mother Divine, there is domestic violence. In a country where ‘Kumari Puja’ is done, there is female foeticide.

In my own opinion I believe creative play is more important. I agree with the "Helping Children Play Creatively" article that creative play is important, it benefits the child by helping to enhance critical thinking, problem solving skills and social skills. I believe that a child should be able to free-play at a young age developing all the helpful skills listed above, Then As the child matures he will pick and chose what types of organized activities he wants to participate in. In self experience ive noticed a young child can be pressured into his parents decisions of what organized activity he or she is assigned to, thus possibly becoming stressed. On the other hand I do believe organized activities are also important. They teach

This makes it easier to mistreat women because it makes them seem less than human. It is also believed that the death of a husband is punishment for something done in a previous life. Society’s refusal to change theses Hindi beliefs and practices create the oppression of women by making their mistreatment seem justified and by making them seem less than human.

The reason behind this presentation was to freely practice the specific employments that individuals, consolidated into the affected business, for the production of this play. Recalling this, our get-together anticipated that would join every last piece of the play itself recollecting the last goal to comprehend the idea and depict contrasting employments foreseen that would unite the whole period. With our doled out occupations, everybody had the breaking point acquire some highly required instruction of what it would truly be similar to working in the business. Being an open workmanship, the theater joins the work of a wide mix of individuals which incorporates human participation. The obligations of the included work power in

Summary and Reaction In her 2001 film, Dorothy Fadiman highlights the plight of women in rural India and brings to light the extreme gender bias they face. We are told that women are regularly barred from education and given less food. Young girls are expected to work on family farms and for long hours that cause them to become educationally stunted. These long hours also contribute to significant pain in their later years.