Unit 4 Individual Project (Dramatic Writing and Poetry) The dramatic one-act play used for this project is entitled The Stronger, written by a man named August Strindberg in the year 1889. The characters in the play are two females known as Madame X and Mademoiselle Y. Madame X is very well spoken and proper. She appears to come from a higher class of society from the proper way that she speaks as well as the way she spoke of having servants. Madame X seems to be a very opinionated and outspoken type of person that does not think twice at speaking her mind. She is very proud of herself and her social status. Madame X wants to be the center of attention. Mademoiselle Y otherwise known as Amelie is a very laid back, and relaxed, and reserved
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As Madame X spoke about herself and the many troubles she experienced, Amelie would register her words with a laugh or facial expression. Amelie sat silently by when it dawned on Madame X that the thoughts she had been portraying were not being denied, but were being acknowledged in a most unlikely way. All her shared thoughts led to a variety of different truths that Madame X had to do with. Such as, her husband was not as honest as she wished and that many of the things favored by her husband were merely the favorite things of his mistress. For example, her husband only wanted tulips to be embroidered onto his slippers because his mistress liked tulips.
The setting for this scene took place in a lady’s café on Christmas eve. In the corner of the café, the two women are surrounded by a red velvet sofa, too small iron tables, and several chairs. I could tell from the story the characters did in fact know each other, but we’re not friends. Madame X did not seem to like Amelie at all. In fact, she had previously stated that she feared Amelie. Amelie seemed to be indifferent throughout most of the talk with Madame X as if she were just a nuisance that had to be waited
As Madame X spoke about herself and the many troubles she experienced, Amelie would register her words with a laugh or facial expression. Amelie sat silently by when it dawned on Madame X that the thoughts she had been portraying were not being denied, but were being acknowledged in a most unlikely way. All her shared thoughts led to a variety of different truths that Madame X had to do with. Such as, her husband was not as honest as she wished and that many of the things favored by her husband were merely the favorite things of his mistress. For example, her husband only wanted tulips to be embroidered onto his slippers because his mistress liked tulips.
The setting for this scene took place in a lady’s café on Christmas eve. In the corner of the café, the two women are surrounded by a red velvet sofa, too small iron tables, and several chairs. I could tell from the story the characters did in fact know each other, but we’re not friends. Madame X did not seem to like Amelie at all. In fact, she had previously stated that she feared Amelie. Amelie seemed to be indifferent throughout most of the talk with Madame X as if she were just a nuisance that had to be waited