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adaeze's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Infidelity
sidonie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
paulineeeeeeeee's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
eig voll gut aber man wartet die ganze zeit auf das ende und dann kommt so ne scheiße
impactmack13's review against another edition
3.0
Ehhhh. I’m not a play person so this wasn’t for me but the theme is interesting even though it’s literally forced down your throat without much tact.
meg_thebrave's review against another edition
4.0
Wowowowow this play is so good. The characters and plot are fascinating and thought provoking. I have so many questions and I love asking them. Please read this play, it's brilliant.
burritapal_1's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Death and the Maiden is a play. I don't like plays. Not reading them, not watching them be acted out, though i have done both, on occasion. I don't know how it escaped me, when I looked it up in the library and requested it be held for me, that this was a play, but once I had it in my hands, and opened it, and realized it was a play, I decided to go ahead and read it. That's because the publisher's blurb Caught my attention, and I felt like I had seen a movie that was made from this play, a long time ago.
When I was 21, recently returned from a trip to the state of Jalisco in Mexico, and thoroughly in love with the culture of that country, I met a young Chilean in a nightclub. Because I had decided to study Spanish as soon as I came back from my trip, I was attracted to him, because of his good looks, his personality, and the fact that he would be someone I could practice my Spanish with. Young as i was, i knew little about the classes, and I couldn't realize what it meant that he was from the upper middle class. at the time, though his country was in turmoil, his family suffered little From the takeover of the military ie, the kidnappings and torture that went along with it.
This is a short play, and That's why it was fairly easy to read, although I get distracted with the character's names, the colon, and then what they say, i did get a lot out of it. I like the character of Paulina, the woman who had been tortured by operatives of the dictatorship. Her boyfriend at the time, who was later her husband, was a lawyer ckama and the kidnappers wanted his name come although she never revealed it. THere's A line from Paulina that I liked, and wholeheartedly agree with. She's talking to her husband and she mentions something about his mother, and he tells her to leave his mother out of this:
"I am sorry to have to agree with you. You're absolutely right. Your mother is not responsible for what you do. I don't know why men always insist on attacking mothers instead of - why do they always say son of a bitch, why the bitch instead of the father who taught them in the first place to -"
In the afterward, the author tells his readers the background of the play, about his exile from his country, Chile, for 17 years, and what he hoped to achieve by writing this play:
" . . . this piece of fiction, as so much of what I had written previously and my novels, stories, poems, and other plays, was not merely Chilean in scope but addressed problems that could be found all over the world, all over the 20th century, all over the face of humanity through the ages. It was not only about a country that is afraid and simultaneously needful of understanding its fear and its scars, not only about the long term effects of torture and violence on human beings and the beautiful body of their land, but about other themes that have always obsessed me: what happens when women take power. How can you tell the truth if the mask you have adopted ends up being identical to your face? How does Memory beguile and save and guide us? How can we keep our innocence once we have tasted evil? How to forgive those who have hurt us irreparably? How do we find a language that is political but not pamphetary? . . "
When I was 21, recently returned from a trip to the state of Jalisco in Mexico, and thoroughly in love with the culture of that country, I met a young Chilean in a nightclub. Because I had decided to study Spanish as soon as I came back from my trip, I was attracted to him, because of his good looks, his personality, and the fact that he would be someone I could practice my Spanish with. Young as i was, i knew little about the classes, and I couldn't realize what it meant that he was from the upper middle class. at the time, though his country was in turmoil, his family suffered little From the takeover of the military ie, the kidnappings and torture that went along with it.
This is a short play, and That's why it was fairly easy to read, although I get distracted with the character's names, the colon, and then what they say, i did get a lot out of it. I like the character of Paulina, the woman who had been tortured by operatives of the dictatorship. Her boyfriend at the time, who was later her husband, was a lawyer ckama and the kidnappers wanted his name come although she never revealed it. THere's A line from Paulina that I liked, and wholeheartedly agree with. She's talking to her husband and she mentions something about his mother, and he tells her to leave his mother out of this:
"I am sorry to have to agree with you. You're absolutely right. Your mother is not responsible for what you do. I don't know why men always insist on attacking mothers instead of - why do they always say son of a bitch, why the bitch instead of the father who taught them in the first place to -"
In the afterward, the author tells his readers the background of the play, about his exile from his country, Chile, for 17 years, and what he hoped to achieve by writing this play:
" . . . this piece of fiction, as so much of what I had written previously and my novels, stories, poems, and other plays, was not merely Chilean in scope but addressed problems that could be found all over the world, all over the 20th century, all over the face of humanity through the ages. It was not only about a country that is afraid and simultaneously needful of understanding its fear and its scars, not only about the long term effects of torture and violence on human beings and the beautiful body of their land, but about other themes that have always obsessed me: what happens when women take power. How can you tell the truth if the mask you have adopted ends up being identical to your face? How does Memory beguile and save and guide us? How can we keep our innocence once we have tasted evil? How to forgive those who have hurt us irreparably? How do we find a language that is political but not pamphetary? . . "
atlantadonn's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault and Violence
cashewmilk's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Torture