Characters + Terms
Teenage boy who is the main charecter in the play
Who is Hally?
This is what Sam and Willie were doing at the beginning of the play.
What is BALLROOM DANCING
(Symbolizes freedom and an ideal world; world harmony)
These two men work in the tea room that Hally's mother owns
Who are Sam and Willie
Sam and Hally could not share a seat at this place in their memory of their day together
What is the BENCH
(It symbolizes the isolation of the apartheid.)
Where and in what era does the play take place
What is South Africa in the 1950s
South African Term for separation of whites and blacks. It was the legal policy in South Africa from the 1940s to the 1990s.
What is apartheid?
This is what Sam and Hally build together when Hally was a boy
THE KITE
Symbol of the human capacity to overcome, to rise above, to soar. Sam instructs Hally on how to build to the kite; his dreams for Hally do not come to be because of the apartheid.
Conflict between a main character and any outside force
What is External Conflict
When the author makes direct statements about a character's personality or physical appearance
What is Direct Characterization
This is the climax of the play
What is Hally spits in Sam's face
This type of conflict is when a character struggles with their own beliefs
What is Internal Conflict
When author shows the reader what kind of person the charecter is through their thoughts, words, and deeds
What is Indirect Characterization
Why did Fugard write this play
He was commenting on his own experiences growing up during the South African apartheid