Hey there, I have provided solution to the questions below. This questions doesn't look THAT good, but yeah I guess you get the idea. Actually, I got this as an english assignment, earlier, it was Job (the book of Bible), and this is a play, J.B. written by MacLeish. If you have an assignment, with same questions below, then the 'Scanned copy of answer' which I hav attached should really really help you out. If you questions/doubts regarding this just let me know. GET FULL SOLUTION
English II
J.B.
1956 (post WWII). Lost Generation (writers who lost their youth in WW I / WW II).
Macleish was horrified at men’s inhumanity to main and the sufferings of the innocent.
1. List Major horrible events between 1918-1945
2. List other causes of human tragedy (random occurrences).
J.B is a modern Job, but J.B. (and Macleish) knows about the New Testament.
The play is a combination of drama across the ages.
List universal themes as you read the play.
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MacLeish uses techniques from classical literature. Compare Greek theater and J.B.
Greek (think of Antigone) J.B.
1. Setting: Very little scenery ____________
2. Organization: Alternates scenes/odes ________ scenes
Chorus (cit elders) ____ and ____
3. Form: A play in verse _______________
4. Action: reported action (the telling) who reports the action
(Horrible events but no Scene 3 __________
Violence on stage)
Sentry and messenger scene 4 ___________
scene 5___________
scene 6 ___________
5. comic relief: sentry scene 8 & 9________
6. masks: A. project voices Zuss role of _______
B. persona (ID characters) Nickles role of _____
7. Religious: the gods A. _____ pronounced Zeus
B. _______ (director)
8. audience: catharsis ______________________
Medieval Drama:
Morality play J.B
1. Actors: A. pretend to be abstract Every man= ____________
Qualities-ex. Love, faith
B. characters not fully Main street USA/ every Family=
Developed ____________________
2. theme: teaches lesson lesson of J.B = _____________
As you read, look for irony:
1. Who plays Zuss and Nickles?
2. Where is the play played?
3. J.B.(the Job) is an upstanding citizen, but what happens to him?
4. Man’s life is compared to a _______________________________
Other examples?
As you read look for metaphors and explain them. Ex. Toy top
Look for paradoxes. Ex. “human faces know too much too little” (8) explain.
Why is J.B a parody? Of What?
Compare/contrast : Job J.B.
Chap. 1 and 2 of Job = which scenes of J.B. ? Why does MacLeish do this? Get Full Solution
