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Sweet Bird of Youth (1959 Production) (Themes (Youth (Passage of Time,…
Sweet Bird of Youth
(1959 Production)
Methods
Setting - South
Conservative/traditional
Religious
Setting - Easter Sunday
"Castration" = Allusion
Emmett Till (1955)
Claude Neal Lynching (1934) - the last of the spectacle lynchings
Castration
Gender Role Reversal
Dramatic irony
Reader knows that Chance is in trouble thus heightening the suspense/ tension
Identity
Usage of name - Alexandra Del Lago - for power
False sense of identity-Chance Wayne
Beanstalk- to represent the corruption that is currently present in Hollywood
Purity/White- is meant to showcase woman societal role during the late 1950's.
Fly is the only black character present and its important to mention that flys are often times insignificant and can be easily swatted away/ignored
Stage Directions
Drug Use
"[Chance gives the Princess a pill, picks up the Vodka bottle...]" PG. 12
"[He has removed a pink capsule from his pocket, quickly and furtively, and drunk it down with his vodka.]" PG. 69
"[Chance removes a pink bottle of vodka from his pocket and something else which he washes down with the vodka.]" PG. 64
Songs
"[The Lament]" or "[The Lamentation]"
Used when there is an emotional shift within a character, usually to emphasize their deepest insecurities.
"[Quiereme Mucho]" PG. 59
Passionate, Sad, Sensual
"[feverish tango]" PG. 76
Like Quiereme Mucho, but angrier; more like a standoff
"[Hallelujah Chorus]" PG. 6
Together with the mention of Easter Sunday.
Colors
Birds
Themes
Youth
Passage of Time
Beauty
Success
Reputation
Vanity
Feminism
Corruption
Failure
Delusion
Addiction
Lust
Narcissism
Selfishness
Politics
Unfulfilled Dreams
Ambition (and its Consequences)
Violence
Historical Context
1959
Racist
Religious
Segregated
Violent
Hateful
Characters
Chance Wayne
Princess
/Alexandra Del Lago
Miss Lucy
Heavenly
Tom Junior
Fly
Aunt Nonnie
Boss Finley