Hooker with a Heart of Gold: The Role of Beth in Citizen Vince (An Original One Act Play by Samantha Shapard)

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  1. AnonymousNovember 21, 2017 at 6:33 PM

    I loved your play! It was so cute and interesting! I could picture it ALL in my head and it was super entertaining. Anyway, the analysis part at the end was good but I felt like it was a tad underdone. It was interesting to read about Beth and how she deserved more and couldn't escape her archetype. It reminded me of our class discussions about Out of the Past (how Jeff couldn't stop going back to his life of crime) and Laura (who is very much a two dimensional character). What's the motive besides Beth deserves more? Why should we as the audience, focus on her and care? What is noteworthy about the repeating cycles besides the feeling of doom throughout the book? Overall, really liked the creativity that was here and the obvious wok you put into this.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 25, 2017 at 11:53 AM

    I thought it was very creative of you to write a play to show your thought process. At the beginning I wasn't sure of the purpose of your play, but I like how at the end of it you analyze Beth's role in the novel. However, as the format of the assignment is a play, I thought it wasn't as deep/insightful as an essay could have been. I thought you could have gone more in depth about why you wanted to write about Beth. Also, when the author says that she is just a character, it seems to go against your argument and makes it seem pointless, as it gives the impression that you are over analyzing something way too much when even the author didn't really think much about it

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