Margaret Atwood Act 1 Scene 1 Summary
Scene 1
The curtain opens to reveal the narrator, sitting at the base of a tree. The stage is lit up but a spotlight still shines on him/her.
Narrator
Many stories are told, and are being told, in many places, in many lands, at different times. (Narrator stands up and starts walking around stage talking to the audience and slowly roundaboutly making his/her way to the front and side of the stage)
But one story no matter how rebuked, old, or disclaimed remains relevant even in this day and age. This story, old as old can be, ancient to folks like you and me, is being told, just like all the rest, but not quite.
(Narrator sits on the stump of a tree at the front right side of the stage. The curtains close and a single spotlight shines on the …show more content…
The king said that the man and the woman would rule with him, but once the man and woman accepted the deal and showed that they trusted the king, he began to rule over them. The LordKing then briefly visited the man and the woman, hurt over their act of disloyalty to him. The man and the woman had done wrong so the LordKing punished them abandoning them in the harshness of the new land no longer ruled by them. But the LordKing loved them still because he knew they were good people, and since then the LordKing had been trying to win back his people and land. But it was not as simple as just winning a battle, the people of the land began to trust the new Evilking, just as the man and woman once had. The LordKing had to show his people that the Evilking was bad for the kingdom and for them. He sent knights and messangers but none could truly save his people. For 100 years he sent knights and messangers but more could truly save his people. There was only one way he could show his people, one way he could truly save them. And that was through sacrifice. He would send his only son, the Prince to his people. To show them the love he still had for them, and to defeat the Evilking once and for all. And this is the story of how the prince won the
The curtain opens to reveal the narrator, sitting at the base of a tree. The stage is lit up but a spotlight still shines on him/her.
Narrator
Many stories are told, and are being told, in many places, in many lands, at different times. (Narrator stands up and starts walking around stage talking to the audience and slowly roundaboutly making his/her way to the front and side of the stage)
But one story no matter how rebuked, old, or disclaimed remains relevant even in this day and age. This story, old as old can be, ancient to folks like you and me, is being told, just like all the rest, but not quite.
(Narrator sits on the stump of a tree at the front right side of the stage. The curtains close and a single spotlight shines on the …show more content…
The king said that the man and the woman would rule with him, but once the man and woman accepted the deal and showed that they trusted the king, he began to rule over them. The LordKing then briefly visited the man and the woman, hurt over their act of disloyalty to him. The man and the woman had done wrong so the LordKing punished them abandoning them in the harshness of the new land no longer ruled by them. But the LordKing loved them still because he knew they were good people, and since then the LordKing had been trying to win back his people and land. But it was not as simple as just winning a battle, the people of the land began to trust the new Evilking, just as the man and woman once had. The LordKing had to show his people that the Evilking was bad for the kingdom and for them. He sent knights and messangers but none could truly save his people. For 100 years he sent knights and messangers but more could truly save his people. There was only one way he could show his people, one way he could truly save them. And that was through sacrifice. He would send his only son, the Prince to his people. To show them the love he still had for them, and to defeat the Evilking once and for all. And this is the story of how the prince won the