Irony: a type of usually humorous expression in which you say the opposite of what you intend.

Stage direction: a description or instruction in the text of a play that explains how the play should be performed.

National psyche: or the “soul” of a nation, to explain why some public events can trigger a commotion 

Scene Change: setting gets reorganised.

Disillusionment: a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

Regret: feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that one has done or failed to do).

Idyll: an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque period or situation, typically an idealized or unsustainable one.

Myth: a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.”ancient Celtic myths”.

Tragedy: an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.

Comedy: professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.

Hubris: excessive pride or self-confidence.

Nemesis: the inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall.

Tragic Flaw: less technical term for hamartia.

Monologue: a long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme.

Soliloquy: an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Anti-Hero: a central character in a story, film, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes.

Symbol: a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.

Motif: a decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern.

Theme: the subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc.; a topic.

Act two; death of a salesman
[The curtains open and Biff, Happy and Linda are sitting at the kitchen table drinking a beer]
Biff: Mom, how did you and father meet?
Linda: Why do you want to know my dear?
Biff: You always tell us about that father is a great man, but why?
Happy: Yeah, I want to know too!
Linda: [She sighs] Alright boys, if you really want to know. I must say that it is a really long story. Do you want to listen for so long.
Biff & Happy: Yes! We would be delighted.
[The lights dim and the remaining lights shine at Linda. The flute starts playing to cover this transition]
Linda: A long, long time ago, Billy Loman, your grandfather, discovered Africa, to be specific Morocco.
Biff: Did he? That’s amazing!
Happy: I didn’t know we had a discoverer in the family. [To Biff] Hey Biff, you also want to be a discoverer right?
Biff: Indeed I want to! It’s my dream!
Linda: Can I continue now? In Morocco , Billy saw a lot of women working as slaves on the land. I don’t know how to tell you guys. It is to difficult [Linda almost starts to cry]
Biff: Pal, are you alright? If you don’t want to continue, we will understand.
Happy: But we are very curious.
Linda: But promise me you won’t judge me!
Biff & Happy: Of course we won’t! You are our lovely mom
Linda: Okay then. As I said… there were women working on the land and… I… I was one of them. At that time I was only a little girl and I didn’t know what was going on.
Happy: So, mom, you are telling us you were a slave?
[One more tear rolls down Linda’s cheek]
Biff: It doesn’t matter mom. We will always love you. No matter what.
Linda: Of course you will, son. We woman had two choices. Either work on the land or being forced to have sex with the leaders.
Happy: [Surprised] Do I understand this correctly? You had the choice of working on the land or having sex with my grandfather?
Linda: Yes, those were the choice I had. But I chose to work on the lands. However, your grandfather thought that I was special. I still don’t know why, but I believe it worked in my favour. One day your grandfather took some women on his ship, including me. Before I knew it, I was somewhere else. I didn’t know where I was. It turned out to be America.
Biff: How long were you on that ship?
Linda: I don’t know son, I can’t remember. Your grandfather let us work on the lands in America and this is even worse than working in Africa. After a long day of working they, he would… he would lock us up in the basement of his own house so we couldn’t escape.
[Linda starts to cry out loud. Billy and Happy see this and start to comfort her by given her some hugs. But they don’t say a thing for the next 30 seconds.]
Happy: This is terrible mom!
Biff: Did you have to stay there overnight?
Linda: [Before answering she takes a deep breath] Yes, I will describe one of my regular days. We woke up very early and we had to work till late in the afternoon. After we finished a long day of hard work, your grandfather locked us up again in the dark for the rest of the night.
Biff: I can’t believe he did that to you. I thought he was my hero, because he is a great explorer. But I am not sure anymore.
Linda: Your grandfather isn’t a horrible person. He just had some weird thoughts.
Happy: [Starting to get upset]: How can you say that he isn’t a horrible man?!
Linda: My dear, you should understand one thing really clear. Even though your grandfather wasn’t the nicest man on the planet. If I wasn’t on that ship I would have never met your father?
Biff: [Amazed] How do you mean? What does that old man has to do with this?
Linda: [Angerly at Biff] How dare you to talk about your father like that. Without him you would have never been born. Mind your words!
Biff: [Gazing at the ground] I am so sorry mom.
Linda: [Sighs] Okay… but let’s continue with the story. One day, we had a day off. Not that we were allowed to go outside. It was a hot summer day. [Looking at Biff and Happy] Oh my boys, I remember it like it was yesterday. When the sun was shining through the only small window we had. And all of a sudden we started to hear strange sounds.
Biff & Happy: What mom… what kind of sounds?
Linda: It was you father together with you uncle Ben.
Biff: [Surprised] Wait, what! You ain’t going to tell me that OUR father is going to be the hero of the story, are you?
Linda: [Laughing at Biff] Yay right, you bet he is. He and your uncle Ben are the persons who made me believe that normal life could be possible again.
Happy: You hear that Biff. Our father does have his heart on the right place.
Biff: I hear that Happy. Isn’t this a big surprise?!
Happy: Hell ya!
Linda: Please boys, let me continue with the story. I like your enthusiasm, but if I can’t continue my story, it will take ages. Your father and your uncle Ben were playing outside and seeking for an adventure. Believing what your father told me I was the first thing he saw when he arrived in the basement. [Willy arrives on stage and he joins the conversation. He sits next to Linda and puts his arm around her]
Willy: What is happening here?
Biff: Mom is telling us about how you two met. It is a very intense story.
Willy: So now I assume you know why I hate my father so much, right?
Happy: Why didn’t you tell us sooner?
[Willy and Linda look at each other, wondering what to say.]
Linda: I didn’t want to upset your father, dear. It is not the usual way to meet your soulmate.
Willy: I am glad I found you. Who knows what happened when I didn’t come into the basement.
Biff: [anxious] … What would have happened?
Linda: It is hard to predict what would have happened? It could be many bad things. Let us just be glad that it didn’t happen.
Happy: Let me get this straight. You were locked up in the basement and father and uncle Ben saw you, what happened next?
Willy: From the first moment I saw your mother, I thought she was very special and I asked her why she was there. After your mother told me the whole story, your uncle Ben and I were very upset and we wanted to set her free. We came up with a plan, but it was impossible to free them all.
Linda: It was horrible to leave the other women in the basement, but we agreed that the two youngest would be the first to be saved. [A tear rolls down her cheek]. It was such a hard decision.
Happy: What happened to the other women?
Linda: I never heard from them ever again… So I assume that they were still working as slaves. [Linda bursts out in tears]
Happy: Are you alright, mom?
Linda: I think it is still too emotional to talk about.
Biff: But father, what was your plan to save mother?
Willy: [Looking at Linda] I think it is enough for today. Let’s finish the story another time.

[The lights dim completely and the curtains close.]

Act two; death of a salesman

[The curtains open and Biff, Happy and Linda are sitting at the kitchen table drinking a beer]. Biff: Mom, how did you and father meet? Linda: Why do you want to know my dear?  Biff: You always tell us about that father is a great man, but why?       Happy: Yeah, I want to know too! Linda: [She sighs] Alright boys, if you really want to know. I must say that it is a really long story. Do you want to listen for so long.  Biff & Happy: Yes! We would be delighted.

[The lights dim and the remaining lights shine at Linda. The flute starts playing to cover this transition].  Linda: A long, long time ago, Billy Loman, your grandfather, discovered Africa, to be specific Morocco.    Biff: Did he? That’s amazing! Happy: I didn’t know we had a discoverer in the family. [To Biff] Hey Biff, you also want to be a discoverer right?  Biff: Indeed I want to! It’s my dream! Linda: Can I continue now? In Morocco , Billy saw a lot of women working as slaves on the land. I don’t know how to tell you guys. It is to difficult [Linda almost starts to cry].    Biff: Pal, are you alright? If you don’t want to continue, we will understand.   Happy: But we are very curious. Linda: But promise me you won’t judge me!       Biff & Happy: Of course we won’t! You are our lovely mom. Linda: Okay then. As I said… there were women working on the land and… I… I was one of them. At that time I was only a little girl and I didn’t know what was going on.   Happy: So, mom, you are telling us you were a slave?

[One more tear rolls down Linda’s cheek].  Biff: It doesn’t matter mom. We will always love you. No matter what.   Linda: Of course you will, son. We woman had two choices. Either work on the land or being forced to have sex with the leaders. Happy: [Surprised] Do I understand this correctly? You had the choice of working on the land or having sex with my grandfather?   Linda: Yes, those were the choice I had. But I chose to work on the lands. However, your grandfather thought that I was special. I still don’t know why, but I believe it worked in my favour. One day your grandfather took some women on his ship, including me. Before I knew it, I was somewhere else. I didn’t know where I was. It turned out to be America.    Biff: How long were you on that ship? Linda: I don’t know son, I can’t remember. Your grandfather let us work on the lands in America and this is even worse than working in Africa. After a long day of working they, he would… he would lock us up in the basement of his own house so we couldn’t escape.

[Linda starts to cry out loud. Billy and Happy see this and start to comfort her by given her some hugs. But they don’t say a thing for the next 30 seconds.]. Happy: This is terrible mom!  Biff: Did you have to stay there overnight?   Linda: [Before answering she takes a deep breath] Yes, I will describe one of my regular days. We woke up very early and we had to work till late in the afternoon. After we finished a long day of hard work, your grandfather locked us up again in the dark for the rest of the night.   Biff: I can’t believe he did that to you. I thought he was my hero, because he is a great explorer. But I am not sure anymore. Linda: Your grandfather isn’t a horrible person. He just had some weird thoughts. Happy: [Starting to get upset]: How can you say that he isn’t a horrible man?!   Linda: My dear, you should understand one thing really clear. Even though your grandfather wasn’t the nicest man on the planet. If I wasn’t on that ship I would have never met your father?  Biff: [Amazed] How do you mean? What does that old man has to do with this?    Linda: [Angerly at Biff] How dare you to talk about your father like that. Without him you would have never been born. Mind your words!    Biff: [Gazing at the ground] I am so sorry mom.    Linda: [Sighs] Okay… but let’s continue with the story. One day, we had a day off. Not that we were allowed to go outside. It was a hot summer day. [Looking at Biff and Happy] Oh my boys, I remember it like it was yesterday. When the sun was shining through the only small window we had. And all of a sudden we started to hear strange sounds. Biff & Happy: What mom… what kind of sounds?  Linda: It was you father together with you uncle Ben.   Biff: [Surprised] Wait, what! You ain’t going to tell me that OUR father is going to be the hero of the story, are you?  Linda: [Laughing at Biff] Yay right, you bet he is. He and your uncle Ben are the persons who made me believe that normal life could be possible again.  Happy: You hear that Biff. Our father does have his heart on the right place.  Biff: I hear that Happy. Isn’t this a big surprise?!  Happy: Hell ya! Linda: Please boys, let me continue with the story. I like your enthusiasm, but if I can’t continue my story, it will take ages. Your father and your uncle Ben were playing outside and seeking for an adventure. Believing what your father told me I was the first thing he saw when he arrived in the basement. [Willy arrives on stage and he joins the conversation. He sits next to Linda and puts his arm around her].  Willy: What is happening here?   Biff: Mom is telling us about how you two met. It is a very intense story. Willy: So now I assume you know why I hate my father so much, right? Happy: Why didn’t you tell us sooner?

[Willy and Linda look at each other, wondering what to say.].     Linda: I didn’t want to upset your father, dear. It is not the usual way to meet your soulmate.   Willy: I am glad I found you. Who knows what happened when I didn’t come into the basement.     Biff: [anxious] … What would have happened?  Linda: It is hard to predict what would have happened? It could be many bad things. Let us just be glad that it didn’t happen.     Happy: Let me get this straight. You were locked up in the basement and father and uncle Ben saw you, what happened next? Willy: From the first moment I saw your mother, I thought she was very special and I asked her why she was there. After your mother told me the whole story, your uncle Ben and I were very upset and we wanted to set her free. We came up with a plan, but it was impossible to free them all.  Linda: It was horrible to leave the other women in the basement, but we agreed that the two youngest would be the first to be saved. [A tear rolls down her cheek]. It was such a hard decision.     Happy: What happened to the other women? Linda: I never heard from them ever again… So I assume that they were still working as slaves. [Linda bursts out in tears]  Happy: Are you alright, mom? Linda: I think it is still too emotional to talk about.  Biff: But father, what was your plan to save mother? Willy: [Looking at Linda] I think it is enough for today. Let’s finish the story another time.

[The lights dim completely and the curtains close.]

Writing plan for an essay (by; Femke Klemans)
Introduction General information; The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House [TMT], by Audre Lorde. Written in 1979.
What is the text about (in general);
The inequality of women, black/lesbian/etc. They should stand up for themselves.
Thesis;
The women need to raise their voice for their own rights.
Paragraph 1 What claims;
Difference in race, sexuality, class and age
Examples you need to support in your own thesis
Paragraph 2 Continue on topics of paragraph 1
Give more examples supporting the thesis
Conclusion Repeat the thesis
Give answer to the thesis
Repeat claims which are given in the body

Introduction;
“The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” (1979) “The Master’s Tools….”, written by Audre Lorde, in 1979, is about the conference where the input of black feminists and lesbians are represented. The speaker wants to achieve, that the audience (all women) understand that there are differences between women, but those should make themselves stronger and have the courage to speak u. in the essay, I will argue this with claims and supporting figures. By Lisa Vermeulen

Paragraph 2;
All women are different. There are lesbian women, poor women, black women. In our society, people often consider differences to be weaknesses. It is often very difficult to be proud of the fact that you are not like anyone else, because of racism. People do not accept the differences between people. This is evidenced by the following textual example:
“What this […] and power” (MT, second paragraph)
This example proves that differences are not accepted, because of racism. Women who are lesbian or black do not have the same opportunities as someone else. Audre Lorde, a lesbian, black woman, wants these women to be heard and to make them more powerful. By Liza Saaed

Writing plan for an essay (by Lisa Vermeulen)
– Introduction:
State the thesis: Using personal experiences in MT, Audre Lorde wants all women, who struggle because of their differences, to accept that differences make us stronger, not weaker.
– Body:
Lorde uses her own experiences to try to get her message across.
Evidence: “I agreed … the political”
Explain evidence.
Differences make us stronger, not weaker.
Evidence: “Differences is … is forged”
Explain evidence.
Lorde wrote MT for all women who struggle because of the differences.
Evidence: “As women … for change”
Explain evidence.
– Conclusion:
State thesis again.
-Lisa Vermeulen

Introduction;
“The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” (1979). The text MT, by Audre Lorde, was written in 1979. The text implies that Audre Lorde wrote MT, using personal experiences, for women who struggle in life because of the differences. She wants them to accept that these differences make us stronger, not weaker. How Audre Lorde dealt with her problems is a way of providing evidence for her statement. This to prove her point. The evidence will be explained in this essay.
-Femke Klemans

Paragraph 2; The statement “Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged” (MT, stanza 6) can be linked to the thesis: differences make a person stronger not weaker. This means that differences make you who you are, which is your personal power. It gives us the power to speak up. Therefor the statement from the text gives provides evidence for the thesis.
-Liza Saaed

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

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• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
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• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

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