When observing the blocking of a Raisin in the Sun, it provides certain interpretive opportunities, such as the consistent ironing of the supposed domestic wife behind the argument about a women's role in society. It provides a palpable tension and an interesting contrast between the more forwardly dressed character. As an audience member, we are confronted with the results of what the man is demanding his sister to do--demonstrated by his wife's ironing, but we don't see her agree or disagree; she is enveloped in ironing. That is what she has become. We then ask ourselves, is succumbing to those ideas of a woman the right thing to do for her?
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It is so interesting to note the "palpable tension" that you pointed out in this scene. I don't know much about this play but it makes me wonder if the woman's role in society is a persistent theme.
ReplyDeleteI think the symbol of the ironing is an interesting thing to point out. I wonder if they placed her farther back on the stage to emphasize the fact that she has succumbed to "her place" in the world.
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