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It's the Stage Design for act 3 scene 7
We had some presettings given by the teacher. It had to be "acstract", with only one color (as you see I have decided to take blue) black background and white and only one further grey-nuance. It wasn't compulsory to build a light-construction, in fact I am the only one in my class who has build little spot lights. But I thought the athmosphere wouldn't be the same without it. Summary for those who are interested: [the following text is taken from [link] Melchior climbs into the town graveyard late one night in November. His words become confused: he asks why "it" had to happen to "her," and then begins to abuse himself verbally. He acknowledges that he is envious of those dead people in the graves, but that he is not brave enough to join them. He begins searching for one grave in particular, and the atmosphere begins to affect him. He sees Wendla's tombstone, which claims she "died of Anemia," and proclaims "Blessed are the pure in heart." Melchior calls himself her murderer, but knows he must get away. Suddenly, Moritz Stiefel appears carrying his head under his arm. He tells Melchior to wait, for he won't get another chance quite like this one. Melchior is surprised, but oddly at ease with the scene. Moritz tells him that he, Melchior, knocked over his cross when he climbed the wall. Now Melchior reacts, insisting that this thing isn't Moritz. Moritz tells Melchior to take his hand, saying that the dead sit and watch the living, and are constantly entertained by what they see. He lectures Melchior on the superiority of being dead, and promises Melchior that if he just takes his hand, he will experience it too. Moritz begins talking to Melchior about watching his own funeral and how entertaining it all was. Melchior is slightly horrified, and Moritz's words grow bitter. He tells Melchior that people deserve to be laughed at, that they cannot be forgiven for their ignorance. Melchior asks him if the dead can "forget," and Moritz says that they "can do anything." Moritz begins to list all of the things they see and understand, from beggars' contentment in their poverty to the parents who have children in order to demean them. Once more Moritz presses Melchior to take his hand, reminding him that this is a miraculous opportunity. Melchior says that if he takes Moritz's hand, it will be because he has no courage left, and he hates himself. Suddenly a man in a mask enters the stage. He tells Melchior that he is too weak to make such a decision and tells Moritz to "go away." As he shoos Moritz away, the man asks him why he's carrying his head. Moritz says that it's because he shot himself. The man dismisses him, treating him as if there was nothing strange about his wanderings outside the grave, just something vaguely pathetic. Moritz begs to be allowed to stay, just for a little while, and the man forces him to admit that everything he said was a lie. The man turns to Melchior and tells him to trust him and he will make sure he survives. Melchior asks the man whether he is his father. The man suggests that he would surely know his father by his voice, but Melchior disagrees. The man tells him that his father is currently busy with his mother, and that he will help Melchior understand; he tells him that hunger is the cause of his hopelessness. Melchior seems confused about whom to believe, but he vehemently disagrees that a good meal will fix his problems. The man assures Melchior that Wendla did not die in childbirth, but rather from abortion pills given to her by Mother Schmidt. Melchior wants to know who the man is, but the man says that unless Melchior trusts him he will never know him. Melchior threatens to give his hand to Moritz unless the man tells him who he is, but now Moritz tells him that the man is right and that Melchior should go with him. Melchior tries to question the man to see if he is trustworthy, but he learns nothing concrete, and the man grows weary of his questions. Finally, Moritz threatens to leave if they don't stop fighting. The man and Moritz begin discussing Moritz's suicide, which he now very much regrets. The man tells him that his beliefs about his parents were wrong, and it becomes clear that the man was present at Moritz's death and almost succeeded in talking him out of it. Moritz decides that he must now retire, and Melchior says goodbye, having apparently decided to put himself in the masked man's hands. Moritz asks Melchior's forgiveness, and the man in the mask tells him to find peace in the fact that he has "nothing" while Melchior must hold onto his "enervating doubt about everything." Melchior tells Moritz he will never forget him, and he and the masked man depart. Moritz, alone, decides he will go put his grave to rights, lie down in it, and "smile." |
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February 15
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