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A Death in Bethany
Garry
Williams
/Showtime's Act One
1994 Festival.
/Drama
/Showtime's Act One
1994 Festival.
/Drama
LESSON 2 Q.2
WE BELIEVE THAT HENRY IS A VIOLENT EX-HUSBAND WHO HAS COME TO CAUSE TROUBLE TO HIS EX-WIFE. HE SEEMS QUITE AGGRESSIVE.
LESSON 2 Q. 5:
IF ROZ WANTS HIM OUT OF HER LIFE, SHE WOULD BE QUITE UPSET TO HEAR HIM SAY THIS, IT COULD BE UNDERSTOOD AS SOMETHING LIKE A THREAT: “I PLAN TO MOVE BACK IN WITH YOU.”
LESSON 2 Q. 6:
WE LEARN THAT HENRY WORKS IN A FACTORY, AND THAT HE WORKS THE NIGHT SHIFT.
LESSON 2 Q. 7:
YES, THAT IS TRUE IF YOU ONLY LOOK AT THE FIRST 1½ PAGES OF THE TEXT. BUT ONCE HENRY HAS GOT INSIDE, HE SEEMS TO CALM DOWN, DOESN’T HE? AND IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF PAGE 8 ROZ SHOWS AGGRESSION – REFUSING HIM A CUP OF COFFEE ETC.
LESSON 2 Q. 10
THIS LINE TELLS US THAT HENRY LIVES WITH ANOTHER WOMAN, AND ROZ HINTS THAT MAYBE THIS OTHER WOMAN DOESN’T WANT HENRY ANYMORE. HENRY AND ROZ ARE PROBABLY NOT TOGETHER, BECAUSE HENRY HAS BEEN UNFAITHFUL TO ROZ. THERE IS ANOTHER SMALL HINT OF THIS IN LINE 63: BY THIS LINE ROZ MEANS THAT HE HAS TO ASK THE OTHER WOMAN TO MAKE HIS COFFEE, HE HAS NO RIGHT TO ASK ROZ FOR ANYTHING ANYMORE.
A DEATH IN BETHANY PART 2
LESSON 3 Q. 3:
ROZ MEANS THAT SINCE IT WAS HENRY WHO LEFT HER, AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND, AND SINCE THIS HAPPENED 6 MONTHS AGO, HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN HER PERSONAL LIFE. HE HAS NO RIGHT TO PROTEST AGAINST HER SEEING ANOTHER MAN.
LESSON 3 Q. 7:
MY ANSWER IS THIS: HENRY HAS TREATED ROZ VERY BADLY. HE HAS HURT HER AND LET HER DOWN. SHE DOESN’T FEEL THAT HE HAS THE RIGHT TO JUST EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO RETURN TO HER. HE SHOULD BE MADE TO FEEL THE WAY SHE HAS FELT THE LAST 6 MONTHS. IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT SHE WANTS TO PUNISH HIM, TO TAKE REVENGE ON HIM FOR WHAT SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH. I GUESS IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HER PRIDE TO LET HIM SUFFER FOR A WHILE.
BUT AS WE SEE LATER IN THE PLAY, SHE SEEMS TO BE WILLING TO FORGIVE HIM QUICKLY, IN SPITE OF WHAT SHE SAYS HERE.
In line 66-67 Roz explains, that she needs to hate Henry, just for a while, and I think the reason why she want´s to hate him, is because he really hurted her, when he left her for another woman. She isn´t over it yet
LESSON 3 Q. 8:
IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT HIS FATHER LEFT ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, HENRY HAS SEEN HIS FATHER AS A ROLE MODEL (WE SEE THAT MOST CLEARLY FROM HENRY’S WORDS ON PAGE 12, LINES 85 – 86).
LEAVING ROZ AND HIS CHILDREN MIGHT HAVE SEEMED PERFECTLY IN KEEPING WITH HENRY’S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN – BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT HIS FATHER DID.
LESSON 3 Q. 9:
HENRY CAN’T STOP CRYING HERE, AND HE DOESN’T WANT ROZ TO SEE HIM LIKE THIS. HE DOESN’T THINK IT IS MANLY TO SHOW FEELINGS, TO CRY. HE IS ASHAMED OF HIS TEARS, HE IS ASHAMED THAT HE HAS LOST CONTROL OF HIS FEELINGS.
BUT ROZ REALISES THAT AN IMPORTANT CHANGE HAS COME OVER HENRY – HE IS NO LONGER THE SAME MAN, HE HAS LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT SHOWING FEELINGS. THAT IS WHY SHE WANTS HIM TO STAY.
LESSON 3 Q. 10
“THIS SHIT” MEANS THE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS OF PAIN AND SORROW. HENRY HAS WANTED TO BE LIKE HIS FATHER, SO HE HAS KEPT HIS FEELINGS UNDER LOCK AND KEY, HE HAS FROZEN DOWN HIS FEELINGS AND REACTIONS TO BAD EXPERIENCES. AND NOW HE CAN’T REPRESS (FORTRÆNGE) HIS SORROW AND SADNESS AND REGRETS ANY LONGER, HE CAN’T KEEP HIS FEELINGS HIDDEN, AS HE USED TO THINK A TRUE MAN HAD TO DO.
Q.11
THE WATER WASHES AWAY THE PAIN AND THE HURT THEY BOTH FEEL, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO START A NEW LIFE. AN OPTIMISTIC ENDING.
Q12
A STUDENT WROTE: In the beginning of the story I didn’t really liked Henry, I thought he seemed like a very unpleasant and annoying person, but when I figured out why he was acting the way he did, I actually just felt sorry for him.
IN the end of the play I also noticed that the story is almost about to repeat it self. Henry’s father couldn’t show his feelings, and you could imagine that that was what destroyed his marriage. Henry has been looking up to his father his whole life, and has been trying to be like him, and in a long time he succeeded. This could easily be the reason why their marriage was so bad that Henry ended up finding another woman.
It looks like this incident will stop history from repeating it self.
WE BELIEVE THAT HENRY IS A VIOLENT EX-HUSBAND WHO HAS COME TO CAUSE TROUBLE TO HIS EX-WIFE. HE SEEMS QUITE AGGRESSIVE.
LESSON 2 Q. 5:
IF ROZ WANTS HIM OUT OF HER LIFE, SHE WOULD BE QUITE UPSET TO HEAR HIM SAY THIS, IT COULD BE UNDERSTOOD AS SOMETHING LIKE A THREAT: “I PLAN TO MOVE BACK IN WITH YOU.”
LESSON 2 Q. 6:
WE LEARN THAT HENRY WORKS IN A FACTORY, AND THAT HE WORKS THE NIGHT SHIFT.
LESSON 2 Q. 7:
YES, THAT IS TRUE IF YOU ONLY LOOK AT THE FIRST 1½ PAGES OF THE TEXT. BUT ONCE HENRY HAS GOT INSIDE, HE SEEMS TO CALM DOWN, DOESN’T HE? AND IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF PAGE 8 ROZ SHOWS AGGRESSION – REFUSING HIM A CUP OF COFFEE ETC.
LESSON 2 Q. 10
THIS LINE TELLS US THAT HENRY LIVES WITH ANOTHER WOMAN, AND ROZ HINTS THAT MAYBE THIS OTHER WOMAN DOESN’T WANT HENRY ANYMORE. HENRY AND ROZ ARE PROBABLY NOT TOGETHER, BECAUSE HENRY HAS BEEN UNFAITHFUL TO ROZ. THERE IS ANOTHER SMALL HINT OF THIS IN LINE 63: BY THIS LINE ROZ MEANS THAT HE HAS TO ASK THE OTHER WOMAN TO MAKE HIS COFFEE, HE HAS NO RIGHT TO ASK ROZ FOR ANYTHING ANYMORE.
A DEATH IN BETHANY PART 2
LESSON 3 Q. 3:
ROZ MEANS THAT SINCE IT WAS HENRY WHO LEFT HER, AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND, AND SINCE THIS HAPPENED 6 MONTHS AGO, HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN HER PERSONAL LIFE. HE HAS NO RIGHT TO PROTEST AGAINST HER SEEING ANOTHER MAN.
LESSON 3 Q. 7:
MY ANSWER IS THIS: HENRY HAS TREATED ROZ VERY BADLY. HE HAS HURT HER AND LET HER DOWN. SHE DOESN’T FEEL THAT HE HAS THE RIGHT TO JUST EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO RETURN TO HER. HE SHOULD BE MADE TO FEEL THE WAY SHE HAS FELT THE LAST 6 MONTHS. IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT SHE WANTS TO PUNISH HIM, TO TAKE REVENGE ON HIM FOR WHAT SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH. I GUESS IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HER PRIDE TO LET HIM SUFFER FOR A WHILE.
BUT AS WE SEE LATER IN THE PLAY, SHE SEEMS TO BE WILLING TO FORGIVE HIM QUICKLY, IN SPITE OF WHAT SHE SAYS HERE.
In line 66-67 Roz explains, that she needs to hate Henry, just for a while, and I think the reason why she want´s to hate him, is because he really hurted her, when he left her for another woman. She isn´t over it yet
LESSON 3 Q. 8:
IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT HIS FATHER LEFT ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, HENRY HAS SEEN HIS FATHER AS A ROLE MODEL (WE SEE THAT MOST CLEARLY FROM HENRY’S WORDS ON PAGE 12, LINES 85 – 86).
LEAVING ROZ AND HIS CHILDREN MIGHT HAVE SEEMED PERFECTLY IN KEEPING WITH HENRY’S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN – BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT HIS FATHER DID.
LESSON 3 Q. 9:
HENRY CAN’T STOP CRYING HERE, AND HE DOESN’T WANT ROZ TO SEE HIM LIKE THIS. HE DOESN’T THINK IT IS MANLY TO SHOW FEELINGS, TO CRY. HE IS ASHAMED OF HIS TEARS, HE IS ASHAMED THAT HE HAS LOST CONTROL OF HIS FEELINGS.
BUT ROZ REALISES THAT AN IMPORTANT CHANGE HAS COME OVER HENRY – HE IS NO LONGER THE SAME MAN, HE HAS LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT SHOWING FEELINGS. THAT IS WHY SHE WANTS HIM TO STAY.
LESSON 3 Q. 10
“THIS SHIT” MEANS THE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS OF PAIN AND SORROW. HENRY HAS WANTED TO BE LIKE HIS FATHER, SO HE HAS KEPT HIS FEELINGS UNDER LOCK AND KEY, HE HAS FROZEN DOWN HIS FEELINGS AND REACTIONS TO BAD EXPERIENCES. AND NOW HE CAN’T REPRESS (FORTRÆNGE) HIS SORROW AND SADNESS AND REGRETS ANY LONGER, HE CAN’T KEEP HIS FEELINGS HIDDEN, AS HE USED TO THINK A TRUE MAN HAD TO DO.
Q.11
THE WATER WASHES AWAY THE PAIN AND THE HURT THEY BOTH FEEL, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO START A NEW LIFE. AN OPTIMISTIC ENDING.
Q12
A STUDENT WROTE: In the beginning of the story I didn’t really liked Henry, I thought he seemed like a very unpleasant and annoying person, but when I figured out why he was acting the way he did, I actually just felt sorry for him.
IN the end of the play I also noticed that the story is almost about to repeat it self. Henry’s father couldn’t show his feelings, and you could imagine that that was what destroyed his marriage. Henry has been looking up to his father his whole life, and has been trying to be like him, and in a long time he succeeded. This could easily be the reason why their marriage was so bad that Henry ended up finding another woman.
It looks like this incident will stop history from repeating it self.
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