Character Portrayal and Characterisation in The Samaritan
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1. The Principal-Narine
a. Firm
The principal is said to have a very strong personality (P. 3).
The Role the principal
In this act, she is more of a stock character.
2. Mossi
a. Opulent and flashy
Mossi has more phones. He puts his three phones….(P. 2).
b. Temperamental
He raised his voice while addressing Nicole (P. 17).
c. Arrogant and Proud
He says that he cannot argue with a simple chairman of a local board (P. 18).
d. Dictatorial
He dictates what the school should do, when and how. He commands Mossi, “Go
now and write that letter and copy my office through your school principal…..(P.
18).”
e. Cautious
Mossi thinks the innovation might hurt his reputation and tells the principal and
Nicole, “I declined to do so when I figured out the innovation might be a problem for
us (P. )”.
Role of the Mossi
He builds themes of bad governance and technology as she talks about it.
He also brings out language use such as irony , satire and elipsis.
He enables us see how firm and realistic Nicole is.
He also develops the plot as an inciting action of stopping the rewarding of the app commences.
3. Nicole
a. Realistic
She tells Mossi that she may not be able to say anything about the App. She says “The App has been online for a months now and it has been taken over by The National Information and Communications Technology Corporation and there is little they can do now (P. 18).”
The Role of Nicole
We come to realize how insecure Mossi is because of her innovation with the students.
We also meet styles like satire because of her conflicting view with Mossi.
We expect the play as she resists Mossi’s suggestion of doing away with The samaritan
4. The students
a. Innovative and creative
The conflicting aspect of a bright future and a dark future results from their strained imagination
b. Courageous
They confidently stand before the rest of the learners and the Mayors team to present their play and App.
Role of the students
They show how focused Nicole is and how selfish the Mayor is.
They set the plot in motion with their play and innovation.
They build the play within a play.