The Little Match Girl
II.Playwright:
Hans Christian Anderson
III.Theme:
“The soul of the kind hearted person is like a match that enlighten and touches the heart of the people”
IV.Message of the play:
We should not fear death and live happily and thankfull
A.Introduction:
One night, there’s a husband and his wife is pregnant. The wife in pain, the man called for a help. He feels so uncomfortable. He saw a little girl passed by. The little girl asked, “What is your name?” William, he answered. Then he asked the little girl to have a seat. They have a conversation together. He asked the girl if she received a gift from her parents. But unfortunately she said that her parents died already. William felt sorry for asking …show more content…
The girl is still young, but is given matches to sell in order to get home and eat. The land lady does not care for the little girl this is an indication that the little girl lacks care and love from the land lady. The little girl tries to overcome this hardship by deciding not to return home but to stay outside. From her vision, she recalls the way her grandmother loved and cared for her. So, the girl kept lighting the matches and crying to her grandmother who later took her into heaven. In conclusion, The Little Match Girl is a short story portraying many children living under poverty and making them laborers. The book reveals the way the little girl must overcome hardships such as hunger, cold and lack of love and care. The girl overcame these hardships, especially the cold by lighting the matches to keep herself warm. The girl’s soul is taken into heaven by her grandmother.
C.Body of the paper The performance of the cast is very wonderful because they portray the characters as it should be. As I continued watching the play the more I understand it because in the beginning it is hard to understand what happened because of the way they speak. As I said the flow of the story became more clearly. The light and sound effects were good and I appreciate the overall performance of the actor.
D.Conduction