Final Blog Assignment

A theme in drama is “what the play means as opposed to what happens (plot); the main idea within the play. Sometimes the theme is clearly stated in the title. It may be stated through dialogue by a character acting as the playwright’s (the person who wrote the play) voice. Or it may be the theme is less obvious and emerges only after some study or thought, the abstract issues and feelings that grow out of the dramatic action.
Three literary pieces we read and discussed in the course are “Captured by Feministas”, “You Know How to Whistle, Don’t You?”, and “Hamlet”. How the author’s theme affects and influences me in these three literary pieces, which are plays, are in many aspects that occurred in my life. The theme for “Captured by Feministas” is punishment on being machismo. For “You Know How to Whistle, Don’t You?” is a Cuban, prostitute who is a communist; and for “Hamlet” is revenge, death, and love.
I have quite a few macho tendencies that I have learned to overcome. For instance, I will not wear earrings it is too “gay” for me; however, I have learned to say that “it’s just not my style”. There have been plenty things in my world that have been macho or sexist and I have overcome them. As for being a prostitute, NEVER! But, I am a strong believer in Castro and I am of Cuban decent. Therefore, I can understand what the woman was saying and what she felt freedom meant and how she went about on getting it. I have plotted much revenge in my days but have never gone through with the idea. As for the parts with love and death it is a weird mixture, you never know what one’s perception is on love until the person they thought they loved dies.