Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Post for Tuesday, May 5th - "Marjorie Prime" by Jordan Harrison - Part II, Scene 1




Overview: Jordan Harrison's Marjorie Prime explores our relationships with family, much like Henrik Ibsen did in his time with A Doll House.  However, Harrison also delves into the ways in which memory shapes our choices and future.  By doing so, he attends to the new challenges we face in our psychologically conscious world.  Today we read Part II, Scene 1

Questions to Ponder:  By using the conceit of a Prime, how do the characters reinvent their loved ones into what and who they want them to be?  How do the Primes and the living, in turn, reinvent themselves?  How are we all like Marjorie, when it come to memory retrieval?  How do the ideas of Existentialism apply to these ideas and this play?  Are there any questions or concepts you found interesting or confusing that you would like to explore in class?
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  1. AnonymousMay 6, 2020 at 5:56 AM

    So Shiba Inus are like friendly little foxes, are they? I thought corgis were rather fox-like themselves.

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