Theatre 130 Final Kevin Ferguson
What is the backstory of Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
In the 1980's in New York City, the AIDS epidemic is in full swing and the Reagan administration is doing nothing to help solve it. Joe, a Republican lawyer and Muslim in New York City lives in an apartment with his Valium addicted wife Harper. Prior and Louis are a gay couple who are against the Reagan administration and have just found out Prior had AIDS.
What is the Angel's motivation and what tactics do they use in Tony Kushner's Angel's in America?
Is seeking a prophet, so they visit Prior and choose him because of his heritage and illness.
What is the relationship like between Joe and Harper in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Joe and Harper are a young married, Mormon couple. Harper decides to leave Joe when she comes to terms that Joe is gay.
Who is Joe in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Joe is a Mormon, Republican lawyer who is married to Harper. Throughout the story, he begins to question his sexuality more and more once he meets Louis.
What is the Inciting Incident of Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Joe is offered and new job and must choose between his religion, job, and sexuality.
What is the relationship like between Joe and Louis in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Joe realizes he is gay fully after having met Louis. Joe wants to be with Louis but Louis ultimately abandons him at the end of the play.
What is Joe's motivation and what tactics does he use in Tony Kushner's Angels in America?
Joe wants to stay loyal to his faith so he tries to deny to himself and other that he is not homosexual.
Who is Rose Maxson in Fences by August Wilson?
Rose is the wife and mother in the play. Rose is a very nurturing characters who trusts her family and cares for them.
What is the relationship between Rose and Gabriel in Fences by August Wilson?
Rose looks out for Gabriel and make sure is is safe and happy.
What is the Major Dramatic Question of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House?
Will Nora convince Torvald to let Krogstad keep his job so Torvald doesn't find out out Nora has done?
What is the Major Dramatic Question of Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Will Prior live?
Who is the Angel in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
A terrifying divine presence sen from Heaven to deliver the prophecy to Prior.
What is the backstory of Fences by August Wilson?
Between the Korean and Vietnam war in Pittsburgh, PA, lives the family Troy, Rose, and their children. Troy is the husband and father and is best friends with Bono. Troy, Rose and Cory live together in one house, Cory, their son play football and hopes to make it to the pros. Lyons, their son who is out of the house, comes by once a month to borrow ten dollars from Troy and always pays him back.
What are the given circumstances of Fences by August Wilson?
-Between the year 1957-1965. -In Pittsburgh, PA.
What are the Given Circumstances of Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
-New York City 1980's -AIDs Epidemic -Jewish and Mormon characters -Reagan Administration ignoring AIDS bc he's literally Satan and rotting in hell (bless).
What are the given circumstances of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
-Takes place in 19th century Norway during the winter. - Torvald was sick so Nora secretly and illegally took out a loan to take him to Italy so he would live.
Who is Bono in Fences by August Wilson?
Bono is Troy's best friend and coworker who often looks out for Rose and stands up for her when he see Troy treating her unfairly.
What is the Inciting Incident of Fences by August Wilson?
Bono is trying to get Troy to admit to cheating on his wife rose, with a much younger girl named Alberta but Troy denies the affair.
Who is Gabriel Maxson in Fences by August Wilson?
Brother to Troy, veteran from WWII and was injured causing him to get a metal plate in his head. Gabriel is often compared to King Lear's Fool by William Shakespeare. Carries around a trumpet with no mouth pieces and believes he is the archangel Gabriel.
What is the relationship between Cory and Troy in Fences by August Wilson?
Cory and Troy have a broken father/son relationship, Cory wants to play football but Troy wont allow him because he wants Cory to have a stable job and be at home.
Who is Cory Maxson in Fences by August Wilson?
Cory is the youngest so of Rose and Troy. Cory play football and wants to go pro but his father wont let him, so in order to escape his home, signs up for the military.
What is Cory's motivation and what tactics does he use in Fences by August Wilson?
Cory wants to play pro football but his father denies hi the opportunity, so to escape home he joins the Marines.
What is the Major Dramatic Question of August Wilson's Fences?
Does Troy finish building the fence?
What is the relationship between Krogstad and Torvald in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
Friends but Torvald is promoted in the banks he works at with Krogstad and becomes Krogstad's boss.
What is the relationship between Gabriel and Troy in Fences by August Wilson?
Gabriel and Troy are brothers but Troy takes advantage of Gabriel's disability and steal money from him which he gets from the government.
What is Gabriel's motivation and what tactics does he use in Fences by August Wilson?
Gabriel believes he is the archangel Gabriel so to prove it he carries around a trumpet and sings.
What is the Moment of Engagement of Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Harper decides to leave Joe and Louis decides to leave Prior.
What is Harper's motivation and what tactics does she use in Tony Kushner's Angels in America?
Harper wants to escape reality so she become addicted to Valium to live in her hallucinations.
Who is Harper in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Harper, a Mormon, and wife to Joe, is addicted to Valium and tries to escape reality through the hallucinations she gets from the drug.
What is Krogstad's motivation and what are the tactics he uses in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
Krogstad wants to keep his job so when he finds out Nora illegally took out a loan, he blackmails her in order to keep his job, in the end he looses his job and writes a letter to Torvald about Nora.
What is Bono's motivation and what tactics does he use in Fences by August Wilson?
Looks up to Troy and wants to be like him but his loyalty is questioned when he sees the way Rose is being treated so Bono looks out for her best interests.
What is Louis's motivation and what tactics does he use in Tony Kushner's Angels in America?
Louis doesn't want to deal with the stress of Prior having AIDS so he leaves Prior.
Who is Louis in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Louis is a Jewish "word processor" who works at a federal appeals court in Brooklyn. Louis is Prior's boyfriend and they live together until Louis find out Prior has AIDS and decides to leave him.
Who is Lyons Maxson in Fences by August Wilson?
Lyons is the eldest son of Troy and Rose who has moved out and has a girlfriend and home of his own, but comes by to get $10 a month from his father which he always repays.
What is Lyons's motivation and what tactics does he use in Fences by August Wilson?
Lyons wants to be a musician but doesn't make enough money so he relies on his girlfriend Bonnie and his father for money.
What is the relationship between Nora and Torvald in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
Nora and Torvald are married for eight years during the play.
What is the moment of engagement of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
Nora begs Torvald not to fire Krogstad since Krogstad is blackmailing her because he knows Nora took out a loan illegally.
What is the Inciting Incident of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
Nora takes out a loan and forges her father's signature so that she can take Torvald to Italy so that he would get better.
What is Nora's motivation and the tactics she uses in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
Nora wants to be happy and want the best for her family, and at the end of the play she decides to leave so that she may not taint her children's morals.
Who is Krogstad in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
One of the main characters of the play, also the antagonist of the play. Before the play starts, Krogstad works alongside his friend Torvald then Torvald gets promoted making him Krogstad's boss. Krogstad checks in on Nora and makes sure she is okay. Towards the middle of the play Krogstad finds out that Nora illegally took out a loan and blackmails her so he can keep his job when it is threatened. Krogstad is fired and sends the letter telling what Nora did to Torvald, her husband.
Who is Nora in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
One of the main characters of the play, also the protagonist. Before the play starts she illegally forges her father signature on a loan so she could take her husband and family to Italy so that he could get better from a sickness. At the beginning of the play, they are back in Norway and she seems naive and innocent, looked down on by her husband (being called pet names), asking for money like a child, and the whole ordeal with her eating macaroons.
Who is Torvald in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
One of the main characters of the play, before it starts, his family was in Italy so he could get better from a sickness caused by living in Norway. At the beginning of the play, him and his family are now back in Norway, he has recently been promoted at the bank he works at and is now apart of the upper middle class.
What is the relationship like between Prior and Louis in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Prior and Louis are partners at the beginning of the play but Louis ends up abandoning Prior because of his AIDS.
What is Prior's motivation and what tactics does he use in Tony Kushner's Angels in America?
Prior wants to live, so he begs the Angel to give him more life.
Who is Prior in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Protagonist. Prior is Louis's boyfriend who Louis leaves when he cannot handle Prior having AIDS. Prior becomes a prophet when visited by an Angel of God because of his Anglo-Saxon heritage and his illness.
What is the relationship between Rose and Bono in Fences by August Wilson?
Rose and Bono are friends through Troy, Rose also happens to be friends with Bono's wife. Bono looks out for Rose's interests and seem to be the only one who does.
What is the relationship between Rose and Troy in Fences by August Wilson?
Rose and Troy are at first, in love, but Troy mistreats Rose, emotionally abusing and neglecting her. Troy cheats on Rose and fathers a child with another woman, Rose decides to take the baby in, but not for him, ruining their relationship.
What is the relationship between Rose and Cory in Fences by August Wilson?
Rose loves her son Cory and wants the best for him but doesn't want him to leave home. Rose is afraid if Cory leaves he will get hurt in the real world.
What is Rose's motivation and what tactics does she use in Fences by August Wilson?
Rose wants a fence built around their home in hopes that it will keep everyone safe inside and prevent anything bad from getting in.
What is the relationship like between Joe and Roy in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Roy and Joe have a very father/son-like relationship. Joe looks up to Roy and aspires to be like him one day.
What is the Climax of Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Roy is dying and finds out he is being decommissioned so he wont live out his dream and die a lawyer.
What is Roy's motivation and what tactics does he use in Tony Kushner's Angels in America?
Roy wants to keep his reputation as a famous lawyer intact so he tells no one he has AIDS and is a homosexual.
Who is Roy in Angels in America by Tony Kushner.
Roy, is the only character in this play who is real in real life. Roy is a famous New York lawyer, power-broker, and closeted homosexual with AIDS. Roy portrays the opposite of togetherness and community. Roy represents selfishness and loneliness of the America people.
What is the relationship between Nora and Krogstad in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
Sort of friends; though Torvald, Nora's husband. Krogstad seems to be the only male in the play that cares how Nora is feeling yet blackmails her to keep his job in the bank.
What is the backstory of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
The play takes place in 19th century Norway around Christmas time in the home of a newly upper middle class family, before the play starts, the family is in Italy so that the husband and father, Torvald, could get better from his sickness, the trip illegally payed for by the wife and mother Nora who claims she got the money through inheritance from her dead father but in reality forged her dead father's signature to get a loan.
What is the relationship like between Harper and Prior in Angels in America by Tony Kushner?
Though, only having met in Harper's hallucination, Prior tells Harper that Joe is gay.
What is the Climax of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
Torvald reads the letter Krogstad sent about what Nora had done following him being fired. Nora decides that she is in a toxic relationship and decides to leave her family.
What is Torvald's motivation and what are the tactics he uses in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen?
Torvald want wealth and a high social status, he often makes Nora seem like a child by belittling her and taking charge in their relationship, making her dance in front of his friends.
What is the relationship between Troy and Bono in Fences by August Wilson?
Troy and Bono are best friends. Bono looks up to Troy but throughout the play, he begins to grow apart from him due to Troy's promotion to being the garbage truck driver and Bono sees the way Troy treats Rose and doesn't approve.
Who is Troy Maxson in Fences by August Wilson?
Troy is the protagonist of Fences, he is married to Rose and has his two sons Lyons and Cory. Troy works a garbage man who is promoted to garbage truck driver. Troy at first denies having an affair, but at the climax he reveals he has brought a child into the world and the mother of said child has died.
What is the Moment of Engagement of Fences by August Wilson?
Troy prohibits Cory from playing football by not signing the papers.
What is the Climax of Fences by August Wilson?
Troy tells Rose that he has fathered a child with Alberta and that Alberta died during labor.
What is Troy's motivation and what tactics does he use in Fences by August Wilson?
Troy wants his family to live strong, practical lives so he denies his son Cory the chance to play pro football and discourages Lyons to become a musician.
