Thursday, January 7, 2010

Inner Beauty [ Scene 7 ]

Alice oh Alice! Honestly, I really did enjoy this scene. The compassion Alice has for Henry blows me away. How she manages to write Henry letters keeping him updated on the outside even though she never receives a response back from him. There argument just made the scene that much more exciting and intense. Alice had a case of worrying when it came to not receiving anything from Henry. It got to the point where she was blaming herself or questioning if she did anything to him, until she got information from Warden Duffy regarding the reason why Henry wasn't receiving or writing her back. What a relief for her.


Alice:(Forced to fight back, with characteristic passion) Stop It, Henry! Please stop it! T wont have you treat me this way. I never have been able to accept one person pushing another around . . . pushing me around! Cant you see that's why I'm here? Because I cant stand it happening to you. Because I'm a Jew, goddammit! I have been there . . . I have been there! If you lose, I lose (Pause. The emotional tension is immense. ALICE fights to hold back tears. SHE turns away.)
Henry: I'm sorry . . .


This section of the play (page 84) Alice shows her powerful attitude. Hows she's not this uptight white lady all about her job. She explains to Henry that she's there because she knows what it feels like to be pushed around and she doesn't want him to be taken advantage of. She reveals hows shes a Jew and how shes been ridiculed against her entire life. This just shows me how she had a deep heartfelt connection with Henry and very sincere in why she has and will keep doing what she has does for him, because of her deep feelings. She even states that if he looses then she will too. The whole just of this scene is to show Henry she is there for him and they are in this together and he needs to except it.


Question: What was it in Alice, that allowed her to muster up enough courage to tell Henry how she truly felt?

6 comments:

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  2. I also liked this scene! I believe Alice spoke up to Henry because she busted her but for Henry but Henry doesn't really understand. But then when I watched the movie on youtube when scene 8 she told Henry that they need to watch out for "white broads".

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  3. Lol. I like the start of your scene. "Alice oh Alice..." :)

    I also like this scene. It's kind of like that quote, "Big things come in small packages". The scene was small, yet we learned so much from it. We learned about Alice's character, and about Alice and Henry.

    In response to your question, I think Alice got the courage to let Henry know how she truly felt because she had just gotten in an argument with him. It's like a husband and a wife, once they start arguing about one little thing, all truths come out!

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  4. I like this scene as well. I believe what gave her courage was them aguing and the truth coming out of. I agree with Jess that because of the argument her true feelings came out. I also believe her writing the letters was a clue that she is interested in him because if she wasnt I dont believe she would keep on writing to him over and over again with him not responding back.

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  5. Jess oh Jess, lol Lovely response !!

    Dominique ( sorry if i miss spelled it )
    but I was kind of confused with what you were trying to explain, spell check maybe /:

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  6. Clearly, Jess we need to be friends !

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