Monthly Archives: February 2015

Prison Break

Students have brainstormed a list of possible prisons. What cages do you see Hwang’s M. Butterfly breaking out of, or at least shaking their bars?

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The Beginning of M. Butterfly

In literature class we’ve begun discussing David Henry Hwang’s  M. Butterfly which he introduces as being “suggested by international newspaper accounts of a recent espionage trial.” How does the play’s beginning recreate the sources and structures of that incredible reality? What … Continue reading

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