What are several varying viewpoints on this role and conclude with your own assessment of the importance of the role in the play.

MODULE 3 Discussion Board
BRING IN OUTSIDE RESEARCH AND ANSWER A QUESTION NOT PREVIOUSLY ANSWERED
1)Mcdonaghs plot reversals are excellent examples of how traditional dramatic structure functions. Which reversal was most convincing and startling and why? A reversal is when one thing is expected and the opposite takes place, or when a discovery is made that leads to a change in fortune.
2) Who ultimately in the end is the Lieutenant of Inishmore? Justify your answer with examples from the play.
3) What is the response for audiences when we see the Real Tom return at plays end. How did you respond? Is this a plot device or something deeper when reflected upon?

4) What do you make of Padraic willingness to kill his father? Is there something in their relationship that indicates hostility? Why has violence even against a family member become so matter of fact?
5) What is the historical milieu of the play, research the North vs. Southern Irish struggles (IRA) that went on for years until the mid-90s.
6) Read about the Billie Whitelaw version of playing Winnie in Happy Days. How would the performance be different with a younger woman in the role? Whitelaw’s version attempted to bring out more of the sexual undertones of the script vs. this matronly performance by Irene Worth.
7) Discuss the scenery and various props in Happy Days. Why is the setting and contrast between acts pivotal to the understanding of the play? What are the importance of Winnie’s various props. Be specific.
8) Do some research on the importance of Willie’s character in Happy Days. What are several varying viewpoints on this role and conclude with your own assessment of the importance of the role in the play.
9) After viewing Happy Days and reading this NYT review of the production state 3 things you agree or disagree with from the review and justify your answer with examples from the play. You can use the search feature to find particular parts of the transcript and production. 3 Total. Outside research to buttress at least one of your points.
NYT REVIEW OF Beckett’s Happy Days Links to an external site.
10) How does Michael function in Lughnasa? What is the importance of presenting the story of these sisters from his perspective? What differences are noticeable between his role as a character and as a narrator.

11) Of the women in the play which is the most compelling dramatically? State three reasons for your answer and contrast this character with several of her sisters.
12) How is the prevailing Catholicism present in the play? Consider the contrast with the Lughnasa festival and Uncle Jack’s return. How do you think Friel wants us to feel about Catholicism and its effect on the sisters?
13) What is particularly Irish about the play and the period in which it is set? Can the isolation and humble lives the women lead be discussed from a feminist perspective or are they framed and largely muted within a heteronormative, male dominated world?
14) Discuss the function of dancing in the play. Why is it critical as a release for these women? Do some research on Irish Dancing and how the dancing has been perceived in prior productions, or even the film version of the play.

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