1. Discuss the similarities and differences between the play Scuba Lessons and Sure Thing. Use evidence from the story to support your claims.
Dating plays a major role in both Scuba Lessons and Sure thing. Both plays contain pairs of people that are in some way involved in developing a relationship. The couples go through typical dating scenarios like talking about hobbies, books, and themselves. Awkward situations abound for the couples in both plays as well. In Scuba Lessons Kelly drags her date Martin over to Dan and Rayne’s table, while in Sure Thing Bill repeatedly says something that ruins his chances with Betty.
One of the major differences between the plays is the number of characters. There are four characters in Scuba Lessons, with Kelly and Dan inadvertently working together to make a mess of things until they finally get it right. In Sure Thing, Bill doesn’t need any help to make the situation deteriorate, in fact he alone messes up more times than Kelly and Dan do together. Another major difference is that in Sure Thing, whenever Bill says the wrong thing time rewinds and he gets another try. The bell is the signal for this rewind.
Your explanations were short and sweet, for some reason I just could not get it out that easily! I really liked how you compared the difference in number of characters in both plays, and commented on how in Sure Thing Bill was able to mess things up by himself (and did so more times). In Scuba Lessons more people were present and more effort was needed to mess things up. I guess that just shows what a mess Bill's character is! (haha) I really like your views, I would have just wanted to see more elaboration on them. Love the picture, by the way! Great blog = )
ReplyDeleteI agree with Krista, your answer was short but really covered the whole perspective of the question. You could have used some more examples form the story but all in all great post!
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