My Love My Love has a great story in the first 5 chapters, it introduces an island where full of dualities. There are poor peasants on the island as well as rich grand hommes. The main character Ti Moune is not satisfied with her positions and dreams to chase a better future. During chapter 4, Ti Moune takes good care of the injured grand homme Daniel. Ti Moune prays for his health, faced the dangerous Papa Ge, and willing to give everything for her love. These let the scene has an important symbolism for the entire story that indicated Ti Moune’s love and starting the controversial relationship between the Ti Moune and Daniel.
Firstly, chapter 4 is all about how Ti Moune takes care of Daniel and saves him from dangerous. For the entire story, this sets up all the following stories of the relationship between Ti Moune and Daniel. This scene is also very dramatic, there is a storm that destroyed the village, Ti Moune stands back for Daniel against all the villagers and faces the god of death Papa Ge’s visit. All those are wonderful material to create a good scene on stage. More importantly, this scene connects with following scenes from chapter 5 to 9 closely. Because Ti Moune does so much for Daniel in the scene, she believes that Daniel meant to be together with her and starts the journey to the city. It also gives a close look at the characteristics of Ti Moune, who is an ambitious girl. She desires for a better life, and to be love with a grand homme. She can sacrifice everything for achieving this goal. Like she prays for the gods for saving Daniel at the beginning, insists saving Daniel against villagers, and swears to give out everything for her love at the end. Especial the lines she says “I swear I shall give my soul for the life and happiness of my love - my love!” It not only shows how determined she is but also referenced with the title of the book. These let me pay attention to the scene and believe this is one of the major scenes in the story.
As such a scene with so many things to tell, it is so interesting for me to think about its staging. For the beginning of the scene, I will open most of the lights on stage, and let Ti Moune and Daniel sit in the middle. This is when Ti Moune helps Daniel in her place. Then when the storm comes, the lights will fade out to darker. There will be several spotlights shining to the stage with bright white light in a short time period, this will make the expression of the lightning of the storm. There will also be running sound at the back, with villagers shouting. Then the other characters like Mama Euralie enter into the hut. The whole stage will look very dark compared to the beginning, with all the lightning, raining sound and villagers screaming, this will create a dangerous amorphous on the stage. All this fit with the dangerous Daniel faces on stage. The staging also set for the coming of the deadly Papa Ge. The god of death enters with the darkness, lighting and ready to take Daniel’s life. Just like a phantom. In such a dangerous situation, Ti Moune says her lines of “my love, my love”. I like to rise up the emotions from this scene and let the audience to think deeper about the character of Ti Moune and bring them really into the world of My Love My Love.
The Broadway shows really open my eyes that they tell my staging is so helpful that a good staging can advance the story so much. I chose this scene from chapter four because of its great symbolism as well as I have a clear picture of my heart that this scene can be so shocking and impressed the audiences. Never satisfied with staging.
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