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Prompt 1:
In the book My Love, My Love, or The Peasant Girl, the peasant people of the island are always seen as inferior to the wealthy. Social class is something that has been accepted by all people, except for one that strives to overcome it in her life. Désirée Dieu-Donné, a black peasant from a small village on the island has always thought that she was special and destined by the Gods for a better life. Désirée finally obtains a chance for love and a better life when she falls in love with a severely injured wealthy young man named Daniel Beauxhomme.
Throughout the book, Désirée is driven by love. She walks days on an empty stomach through the jungle to reach Daniel. Once she arrives, she is denied from entering the hotel by a guard named Lucifus. After this, she meets a women in a city that buys her shoes and a beautiful dress. Waiting outside the gates again one day, Daniel sees her and the car that he is in stops. Once the guards sees her encounter with the Beauxhomme family, they gain her access to the hotel. She hides in the garden until Daniel finds her one night. She is asked by him to nurse him again. He claims that he feels better with her presence. Gabriel, and Mathilde, looked down on Désirée for being a peasant. Mathilde also goes as far as saying that she thinks her grandson is cursed by the Gods for liking her so much. Désirée is living the life of her dreams throughout the mid stages of the book. She believes that she found the love, and life that she was searching for. Until she finds our that Daniel is engaged to a beautiful white women named Andrea Galimar. Désirée is heartbroken by this news, and this starts her downfall.
At the end of chapter 16, the life of Désirée comes full circle. Daniel is going to get engaged, and Désirée can no longer handle losing her love. One night she takes a knife that she saw Papa Gé holding in a dream, and heads over to kill Daniel in his sleep. However, she could not find it in herself to kill the man she loves. That night she runs into the garden and is thrown outside the hotel gates by Lucifus. The same guard that once denied her access earlier in the story. In the last scene of the book, Daniel and Andrea's wedding quickly approaches. Désirée becomes more heartbroken with everyday that passes. She is malnourished, and dying at the doorsteps of the gate. She is overshadowed by the vendors that now laugh at her when she tells them that she lived inside the hotel. When the wedding day finally arrives the sky darkened. "Thunder rolled like boulders hitting against the clouds." The weather and wedding were all that the vendors could talk about. Désirée, standing with her last breaths sees Daniel and there eyes catch for a moment. She then collapses and dies in front of the hotel gates. Lucifus takes her body to dump it into the garbage. The first two rain drops of the storm land on the face of Désirée "They resembled tears." and these are the last words of the book.
The last chapter leaves me with some unanswered questions as a reader. Did the Gods have empathy for Désirée? The storm first started with thunder and lighting, but the first rain drops formed tears on Désirée's face. Was Agwe saddened by her death, and was the rain his tears? Also, I wonder if the Gods forgave Désirée for giving her soul to Papa Gé. Her body being dumped in the trash could easily represent that her life was just another life, worthless and not seen as significant by anyone because she was a peasant. There are still many unanswered questions from this last passage of the book that I would try to answer in my interpretation of this scene on stage.
First, for Désirée's costume I would make her dress ripped, dirty, and too big. This would show the change in her physical appearance from her time living in the hotel. She would look malnourished, and seeming like she could collapse at any moment. The gate to the hotel would be setup directly in front of the audience. Désirée would be the closest character to the audience up center stage with many vendors behind her trying to see the bride and groom. There would be thunder strikes and wind howling from sound effects. The lights would be a light white or grey. During her death, and collapse the lights would dim and gloomy music would indicate a scene change. A new scene would begin, and light blue lights would be focused on Désirée. White garbage bags would be in the up left corner of the stage. Gabriel and Lucifus would enter on stage, and once Lucifus dumps Désirée's body on top of the bags, The lights would dim and it would start to downpour. My goal in my scene would be to make Agwe, and the Gods seem as if they have empathy for Désirée. This would be due to my interpretation of the book's ending. The music, sound, and lighting during the last scene would be enough to show that in my opinion.
In the book My Love, My Love, or The Peasant Girl, the peasant people of the island are always seen as inferior to the wealthy. Social class is something that has been accepted by all people, except for one that strives to overcome it in her life. Désirée Dieu-Donné, a black peasant from a small village on the island has always thought that she was special and destined by the Gods for a better life. Désirée finally obtains a chance for love and a better life when she falls in love with a severely injured wealthy young man named Daniel Beauxhomme.
Throughout the book, Désirée is driven by love. She walks days on an empty stomach through the jungle to reach Daniel. Once she arrives, she is denied from entering the hotel by a guard named Lucifus. After this, she meets a women in a city that buys her shoes and a beautiful dress. Waiting outside the gates again one day, Daniel sees her and the car that he is in stops. Once the guards sees her encounter with the Beauxhomme family, they gain her access to the hotel. She hides in the garden until Daniel finds her one night. She is asked by him to nurse him again. He claims that he feels better with her presence. Gabriel, and Mathilde, looked down on Désirée for being a peasant. Mathilde also goes as far as saying that she thinks her grandson is cursed by the Gods for liking her so much. Désirée is living the life of her dreams throughout the mid stages of the book. She believes that she found the love, and life that she was searching for. Until she finds our that Daniel is engaged to a beautiful white women named Andrea Galimar. Désirée is heartbroken by this news, and this starts her downfall.
At the end of chapter 16, the life of Désirée comes full circle. Daniel is going to get engaged, and Désirée can no longer handle losing her love. One night she takes a knife that she saw Papa Gé holding in a dream, and heads over to kill Daniel in his sleep. However, she could not find it in herself to kill the man she loves. That night she runs into the garden and is thrown outside the hotel gates by Lucifus. The same guard that once denied her access earlier in the story. In the last scene of the book, Daniel and Andrea's wedding quickly approaches. Désirée becomes more heartbroken with everyday that passes. She is malnourished, and dying at the doorsteps of the gate. She is overshadowed by the vendors that now laugh at her when she tells them that she lived inside the hotel. When the wedding day finally arrives the sky darkened. "Thunder rolled like boulders hitting against the clouds." The weather and wedding were all that the vendors could talk about. Désirée, standing with her last breaths sees Daniel and there eyes catch for a moment. She then collapses and dies in front of the hotel gates. Lucifus takes her body to dump it into the garbage. The first two rain drops of the storm land on the face of Désirée "They resembled tears." and these are the last words of the book.
The last chapter leaves me with some unanswered questions as a reader. Did the Gods have empathy for Désirée? The storm first started with thunder and lighting, but the first rain drops formed tears on Désirée's face. Was Agwe saddened by her death, and was the rain his tears? Also, I wonder if the Gods forgave Désirée for giving her soul to Papa Gé. Her body being dumped in the trash could easily represent that her life was just another life, worthless and not seen as significant by anyone because she was a peasant. There are still many unanswered questions from this last passage of the book that I would try to answer in my interpretation of this scene on stage.
First, for Désirée's costume I would make her dress ripped, dirty, and too big. This would show the change in her physical appearance from her time living in the hotel. She would look malnourished, and seeming like she could collapse at any moment. The gate to the hotel would be setup directly in front of the audience. Désirée would be the closest character to the audience up center stage with many vendors behind her trying to see the bride and groom. There would be thunder strikes and wind howling from sound effects. The lights would be a light white or grey. During her death, and collapse the lights would dim and gloomy music would indicate a scene change. A new scene would begin, and light blue lights would be focused on Désirée. White garbage bags would be in the up left corner of the stage. Gabriel and Lucifus would enter on stage, and once Lucifus dumps Désirée's body on top of the bags, The lights would dim and it would start to downpour. My goal in my scene would be to make Agwe, and the Gods seem as if they have empathy for Désirée. This would be due to my interpretation of the book's ending. The music, sound, and lighting during the last scene would be enough to show that in my opinion.
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