AUTHOR BACKGROUND
Akhtar was raised here
Wisconsin
An art curator
Isaac
How many scenes are there in the play?
4
Two motifs from Disgraced
pride, self-preservation, assimilation, anger, loss of faith, religion, racism in art, bigotry, and/or marriage
The year that Disgraced premiered
2012
The award Akhtar won because of Disgraced
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Changed their name
Hussein/Abe
Confrontation
A lens used in this play
Semiotics or New Historicism
Isaac's relationships to Emily
Business and affair partner
The year Akhtar won the Steinberg Playwright Award
2017
Parents immigrated to the U.S.
Amir
Who accuses Emilys' use of Islamic forms in her art as orientalism?
Isaac
Symbolic meaning of Emily's rendition of the Velazquez painting
Amir's servitude to her and others in the play
Which character says the following in act 1:
"You know how much easier things have been for me since I changed my name?"
Abe
The name of the person who interviewed Akhtar
Madani Younis
Got a job promotion
Jory
3
Reason Amir feels trapped by Jory
She was promoted to partner after working at his firm for less time.
Which artist is Amir's slave portrait a reproduction of?
Velazquez
Akhtar wanted to emulate the feeling of watching this in order to engage the audience
Greek tragedy
Under FBI investigation
Abe
"If faced with choosing justice or order, I'll always choose order. To remind me, not to get lost in the feeling that I need to get justice. You pull yourself out of the ghetto, you realize real soon order is where its at". Who's quote is this?
Jory
Lens used by all characters in the dinner scene (Amir, Emily, Isaac, and Jory) use to interpret the Quran
New Historicism
What colors is the abstract painting of the Islamic Garden in Amir and Emily's apartment?
Blue and white