Word: harriet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...DIED. HARRIET ("Patsy") PRATT MORRIS, 66, crusader against capital punishment; of lung cancer; in Atlanta. Morris was a pioneer in showing that the chances of getting a death sentence for murder depended largely on race, the victim's social status and where the crime was committed...
...plot. It concerns the lives of two Jewish girls quickly approaching thirty who realize that they don't know where their lives (particularly their love lives) are going. The play traces their search for resolution. Janie (Stacey Gordon '98) starts off weaker and less self-assured, while Harriet (Rachel Greenblatt '98) has a clear sense of direction...
...frequently don't have enough foresight to do this well. Ilana Kurshan '00 was terrific as Tasha, Janie's mother, keeping a balance between pushy and pathetic in her interaction with her daughter. This combination of emotions was touching if predictable. On the other hand, Lillian (Aviva Preminger '00), Harriet's mother, was stiff in giving advice to her daughter. Lines seemed forced, as when she called Harriet "baby" in nearly every scene...
...resolution to Harriet's dilemmas is much less credible. After having a relationship with her pompous and obnoxious "boss's boss" (Weiner again) that doesn't work out, she starts dating and then gets engaged to another man after only two weeks. Throughout the play she has emphasized to Janie the importance of living on your own--and then defies all of that with a quick marriage...
Everything I am studying seems important, and every week the assigned books jump off the shelf in their brilliance and importance. The past two weeks alone encompassed Virgil's Aeneid, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, W.E.B. DuBois' The Souls of Black Folk and Frank Norris' The Octopus. I am even looking forward to reviewing for my oral exam this May, because the process will give me the chance to re-read and reconsider great books...