master herold

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what does hally call his life?

a bloody mess

to what does hally compare the united nations to?

a dancing school for politicians

what got hally in trouble at school?

a picture he drew of his teacher

what does willie throw at sam to shut him up?

a rag

what does sam work as?

a waiter

what does hally decide to call his essay?

a world without collisions

who did sam and hally agree on for the man of magnitude?

alexander flemming

what was fugard a leading crusader for?

anti-apartheid literature

what are fugard's important themes?

apartheid and racism

what does willie want to do at the end of the play regarding hilda?

apologize for beating her

what religion is hally?

athiest

how does sam define art?

beautiful

how does hally initially feel about ballroom dancing?

believes it does not challenge the intellect

what does boet mean?

brother

why did fugard's plays have few characters?

characters are doomed to failure

what is the weather like at the beginning of the play?

cold and rainy

whose music do the men listen to on the record player while they practice dancing?

count basie

what does hallie call the comics he was reading?

filth

how old is sam?

forties

how does hally define art?

giving meaning to matter or giving form to the formless

who does the rag hit instead?

hally

what happens when hally's mom gives the phone to hally's dad?

hally's entire demeanor changes, suddenly becoming cheery and upbeat

who is sam's boss?

hally's father

who pays sam?

hally's mother

when hally entered sam's room without knowcking, what did he find sam doing?

having sex

why did hally think his kit wouldnt fly?

he didnt think a black man would know how to fly a kite

why doesn't hally do very well in school?

he doesn't try very hard

how does hally get punished for drawing a picture of his teacher?

he gets 6 lashes on his behind

why does hally say his father is sam's boss?

he is a white man

why is hally ashamed of his father

he is always drunk, once passed out at a bar in town

initially, why does sam say he cant sit on the bench with hally?

he said he had to work

what does hally say when orginally asked to attend the dance competition?

he says no and that he has seen them dance enough

why does willie beat hilda?

he thinks hilda is cheating on him

what is "hally" short for?

herold

why did hally go by "hally" and not "herold"

herold is his father's name and he doesn't want to be associated with his father

what does hally doodle all over?

his math book

what did fugard's parents do for a living?

his mother ran the family tea room, and his father was a master storyteller

what does hally use to hit willie?

his ruler

what does hally say when the kite dies down to the ground?

it lost its soul

what does hally believe that his era needs?

its own social reformer

what is athol furgard's birthday?

june 12, 1932

hally and sam refer to "great men" as...

men of prominence

where was athol fugard born?

middelburg, cape province, south africa

what did fugard study in college?

motor mechanics

who is the first man of magnitude that sam and hally consider?

napoleon

what is the tone of the play?

nostalgic

what does willie use his transport money on?

playing a song on the jukebox

where did fugard go to college?

port elizabeth technical college

what is willie doing when the play opens?

practicing dance

what is sam doing when the play opens?

reading a comic book

who is a father figure to hally?

sam

who is more intelligent, willie or sam?

sam

whos face does hally spit in?

sam's

what is hally wearing when he enters for the first time?

school uniform

what was hally's mother's former job?

she ran a hotel

what does hally do with the brandy bottle?

smashes it on the floor

why did sam give hally the kite?

so hally could look up and be proud of something

where does the play take place?

st. george's tea room in port elizabeth (south africa)

when was the last time willie beat hilda?

sunday

what does hally confess at the end of the play?

that he loves his father

what is fugard's other well known play?

the blood knot

what does hally's mom tell hally to hide?

the brandy

what does hally want to write his school essay about?

the dance competition

where did hally grow up?

the jubilee boarding house

what is the relationship between sam and willie?

they are coworkers and friends

what was the kite made out of?

tomato box, brown paper, flour, water, 4 glue, old stockings

what does the blood knot focuse on?

two brothers with different shades of dark skin

was athol fugard white or black?

white

what does the empty chair waiting for hally symbolize?

white power and privilege

who has kids with hilda?

willie

why does hilda miss rehearsal?

willie's "hiding"

was fugard close with his parents?

yes

how many acts are there in this play?

1

sam's men of magnitude are...

1. napoleon 2. william shakespeare 3. abe lincoln 4. jesus

hally's men of magnitude

1. winston churchill 2. charles darwin 3. tolstoy

how old is hally?

17

what year does the play take place?

1950

what year was this play written?

1982

what did fugard go found?

5 theatrical groups

for how long has hally been educating sam?

5 years


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