Our scene begins in the middle of Hirst’s tiny monologue about his affair with Emily, Spooner’s wife. Hirst tells Spooner that he was on the boat while he and Emily were during their trip to France and that Emily would come to see him while Spooner was out exercising. In the scene, I portray Hirst and Cheyenne portrays Spooner.
I begin the scene with the lines “You were always preoccupied with your physical… condition… weren’t you?” (Pinter 128). I will be standing while Cheyenne will be sitting down in a chair. We will both have mugs because the characters are talking over coffee. During this section, I felt that Hirst was trying to make Spooner jealous and to make himself seem like the more dominant one in this conversation. He brags about …show more content…
Hirst seems taken aback by this and asks what business was it of Bunty’s. During this section, I will look and sound confused yet again, and my tone will sound defensive as if I am trying clear up the accusations made about me. Spooner then changes the topic from Stella to Arabella. Right when Spooner mentions Arabella, we know that Hirst remembers her because he immediately asks “Arabella Hinscott?” (Pinter 133). I will perk up and look alert when delivering this line – my eyes will grow large and almost brighten when Spooner mentions Arabella because as Hirst mentions, he was quite infatuated with her. A little further on when I say, “I was very fond of Arabella,” (Pinter 133) I will have a distant expression on my face and will lean back a little in my seat as if I’m daydreaming about Arabella right then and there. But when Spooner starts to brag about her being fond of him, I will snap out of that daydream and quickly turn to look at …show more content…
When Hirst warns Spooner about how close he was to Arabella, how he knew her father, and how he even stayed at their house, I think that Hirst is trying to make Spooner jealous and take back the power in the conversation. I will stress words such as “extremely,” “father,” “stay,” and “house” as if Hirst is really trying to dig into Spooner and make him envious. But this doesn’t work, Spooner continues to rub it in Hirst’s face by mentioning that he was also liked by Arabella’s father. Hirst then states that Arabella “was a girl of the most refined and organized sensibilities” (Pinter 134). I will emphasize the words “refined” and “organized” because these are good qualities that Hirst admires Arabella for, and it’s as if he trying to convince Spooner that there is no way a guy like him could ever get a girl as good as Arabella. Spooner agrees with Hirst, which catches him off guard, so, I will look a shocked. When Hirst asks Spooner if he’s saying that he had an affair with Arabella, I will scoot forward in my seat and squint my eyes at Cheyenne as if I can’t fully grasp what she is trying to tell me. My grip on my mug will also tighten to show how angry Hirst is growing just by the thought of Spooner being with Arabella. Spooner’s answer is quite lewd – he mentions that Arabella had a liking for “consuming the male member” (Pinter 134). That comment
I begin the scene with the lines “You were always preoccupied with your physical… condition… weren’t you?” (Pinter 128). I will be standing while Cheyenne will be sitting down in a chair. We will both have mugs because the characters are talking over coffee. During this section, I felt that Hirst was trying to make Spooner jealous and to make himself seem like the more dominant one in this conversation. He brags about …show more content…
Hirst seems taken aback by this and asks what business was it of Bunty’s. During this section, I will look and sound confused yet again, and my tone will sound defensive as if I am trying clear up the accusations made about me. Spooner then changes the topic from Stella to Arabella. Right when Spooner mentions Arabella, we know that Hirst remembers her because he immediately asks “Arabella Hinscott?” (Pinter 133). I will perk up and look alert when delivering this line – my eyes will grow large and almost brighten when Spooner mentions Arabella because as Hirst mentions, he was quite infatuated with her. A little further on when I say, “I was very fond of Arabella,” (Pinter 133) I will have a distant expression on my face and will lean back a little in my seat as if I’m daydreaming about Arabella right then and there. But when Spooner starts to brag about her being fond of him, I will snap out of that daydream and quickly turn to look at …show more content…
When Hirst warns Spooner about how close he was to Arabella, how he knew her father, and how he even stayed at their house, I think that Hirst is trying to make Spooner jealous and take back the power in the conversation. I will stress words such as “extremely,” “father,” “stay,” and “house” as if Hirst is really trying to dig into Spooner and make him envious. But this doesn’t work, Spooner continues to rub it in Hirst’s face by mentioning that he was also liked by Arabella’s father. Hirst then states that Arabella “was a girl of the most refined and organized sensibilities” (Pinter 134). I will emphasize the words “refined” and “organized” because these are good qualities that Hirst admires Arabella for, and it’s as if he trying to convince Spooner that there is no way a guy like him could ever get a girl as good as Arabella. Spooner agrees with Hirst, which catches him off guard, so, I will look a shocked. When Hirst asks Spooner if he’s saying that he had an affair with Arabella, I will scoot forward in my seat and squint my eyes at Cheyenne as if I can’t fully grasp what she is trying to tell me. My grip on my mug will also tighten to show how angry Hirst is growing just by the thought of Spooner being with Arabella. Spooner’s answer is quite lewd – he mentions that Arabella had a liking for “consuming the male member” (Pinter 134). That comment