Goodrich And Hackett's Room Setting

Setting is important for the beginning of the Diary of Anne Frank because it sets the mood.The rooms in the beginning of the play were worn down, grimy, and in shambles. “ [The rooms are dusty,the curtains in rags. Chairs and tables are overturned.]”(Goodrich & Hackett pg.701). This quote shows imagery because it describes the rooms on the stage as dull, outdated, and sets the atmosphere as “gloomy”and “depressing”. The time goes back to 1942 with rooms that look vacant and tidy. “[It is early morning, July 1942. The rooms are bare as before,but they are now clean and orderly.]”(Goodrich & Hackett pg.704).This shows imagery because it describes the time and the tone to the room before the rooms were lived in.Setting is important because it