Tutorial Week 2 (Florence 3 Q's Presentation (16.1.2012))

7/31/2019 Tutorial Week 2 (Florence 3 Q's Presentation (16.1.2012))

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What ACTUALLY HAPPENS INFLORENCE? In the play, Florence is a young, widowed Black mother who is

acting in New York

Her sister Marge, wants Florence to return to her maternal duties.

While Florences mother, Mrs. Whitney is on her way to NewYork, she clashes with Mrs. Carter

After having a conversation with Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Whitneychanges her mind about bringing Florence back, due to Mrs.Carters arrogance.

Mrs. Whitney asks Florence to not give up and continue chasingher dream.

Discrimination

Underestimation

Prejudicial views


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P L O T


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Expository Mama and Marge entered the railway

station waiting room

Marge was expressing her feelings aboutFlorence


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RisingAction Mrs. Carter told Mama about her brother,

Jeff

Both of them were arguing about the maincharacter


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Climax Mama realized Mrs. Carters intention of

making Florence work as a maid


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Resolution Mama decided to let Florence pursue her

dream as an actress


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What is the significance of thetrain station?

Represents a transitional period in our life

Signifies life; short and ever changing

Depicts the Jim Crow laws


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Major theme: Segregation /Discrimination

Elements: Separating railings, signsover entrances and doors of restrooms,

etc.

How do the elements

mentioned reinforce the majorthemes of the play?


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How?:

Shows the separation and stamping of the blacks ascoloured people without any rights of their own inmany aspects.

Emphasizes the law during that era. (E.g. Jim Crowlaws)

Depicts the Apartheid system (Social and politicalpolicy of racial segregation and discriminationenforced by white minority governmentsin South Africa from 1948 to 1994)

Portrays the mentality and thoughts of the whitepeople during that time.

Explains more about the way of living of the blacksat that time.


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What are Jim Crow laws?

TheJim Crow laws were state and local laws in theUnited States enacted between 1876 and 1965. Theymandated dejureracialsegregation in all public facilities,with a supposedly "separate but equal" status forblack Americans. In reality, this led to treatment andaccommodations that were usually inferior to those providedfor white Americans, systematizing a number of economic,educational and social disadvantages. De jure segregationmainly applied to the Southern United States. Northernsegregation was generally de facto, from blackspredominately living in urban ghettos.

Some examples of Jim Crow laws are the segregation of publicschools, public places, and public transportation, and thesegregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountainsfor whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated.

These Jim Crow Laws were separate from the 18001866Black Codes, which also restricted the civil ri hts and civil
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What is Apartheid system?

Apartheid was a system ofracial segregation enforced by theNational Party governments ofSouth Africa between 1948 and 1994,

under which the rights of the majority 'non-white' inhabitants of SouthAfrica were curtailed and white supremacy andAfrikanerminority rulewas maintained. Apartheid was developed after World War II by the

Afrikaner-dominated National Party and Broederbond organizations andwas practiced also in South West Africa, under South Africanadministration under aLeagueof Nations mandate (revoked in 1966),

until it gained independence as Namibia in 1990.

Racial segregation in South Africa began in colonial times. However,apartheid as an official policy was introduced following thegeneral election of 1948. New legislation classified inhabitants into four

racial groups ("native", "white", "coloured", and "Asian"),[1] andresidential areas were segregated, sometimes by means of forcedremovals. Non-white political representation was completely abolishedin 1970, and starting in that year black people were deprived of theircitizenship, legally becoming citizens of one of ten tribally basedself-governing homelands called bantustans, four of which became

nominally independent states. The government segregated education,medical care beaches and other public services and provided black
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