The Bitter Game and Ghost Dance Visual & Performing Arts Essay

The group will choose two plays from the roster of all the plays we have looked at. The group will discover how the two different plays are similar -- using terms from drama and humanities.



Examine and compare The Bitter Game and Ghost Dance

Write a one-page outline of what you discovered and researched



Outline (one page, submit on Canvas):



Thesis: what themes are you examining

support with examples

Historical and Cultural elements that influence

why they are important

Decide on the important themes of each

Discover the similarities in the themes in each play -- make connections between the two plays

Surprises

what it all means in a larger context





I upload two scripts.

I know scripts very long, so you can focus on Ghost Dance Page 155~162 (scene 6) and The Bitter Game Page 44~45.

Our group already pick up key word for every play, so you can write around these keywords.

Similarities between two plays:

Targeting groups of people can lead to social distress within communities

Backlash the response to an antagonistic action.