Word of the Day:
Mi·ran·da
[mi-ran-duh;
also for 1, 4, Spanish mee-rahn-dah] noun
1. Astronomy . a moon of the planet Uranus.
2. daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Small song birds are common in
nature. Known for their sweet melodies that mark the start of a new morning,
Song birds have been dubbed untouchable by many due to their kind and true
nature. “Never kill a mocking bird.” (Harper
Lee). It is wrong to break a fragile glass that sits idly by and does
nothing harmful or in spite. These things, these song birds: are creatures to
be revered. Admired.
Small
Song Birds? Where Are You Going With This?
Song birds are very similar to the
character, Miranda, the daughter of Prospero in The Tempest. She is, alike the birds mentioned, pure in a nature
that cannot tainted by the perfidious birds of prey (such as Caliban, the
moon-calf slave of Prospero). Miranda has seen nor known anything except her
father and herself, minus the presence of the monstrous slave who pursues to
soil the purity of Miranda. As she matures to a sweet 15, she begins to
discover that not everything is black and white; there is more to the world
than the lonely island she has known her whole life. There are new things to
discover. Things such as resentment, defiance: but mainly love.
How
Miranda Met Ferdinand….
“Hannah and I have been friends
since 6th grade” Said Brett when asked about his relationship with
Hannah. “We’ve been friends for a long time, and we’ll always be friends. I think
it can only benefit us once we begin to get into the territory of truly defining
Miranda and Ferdinand.”
But Miranda and Ferdinand are more
than just friends. In a way, it really is a mountain and molehill situation.
Except here, we want to make a molehill into a Mount Everest. Friendship is a
small form of true love—we want the farthest end of the spectrum. That is not
something easily done. When interviewing Hannah about her tactics on how to
climb this mountain she had this to say:
“What’s bigger than a mountain? A
glacier? Being in love is kind of like trying to melt a glacier. Throughout
time it begins to run into the ocean: drop by drop. That’s the strategy for
now. To understand Miranda, I need to understand love. I write every night how I
feel about love and how I feel about my love interest (meaning Brett). I pick
things about him that I find intriguing---interesting. I find Brett
interesting. I just need to find the interesting think that changes friendship
to relationship.”
Miranda
and Ferdinand Sitting in a Tree… T-A-L-K-I-N-G
The key to love is mutual sense of practicality
and prose. Believe it or not: but collectively we’ll talk more in our lifespan
than we’ll spend sleeping. We talk to our parents, we talk to our friends: but
everyone we talk to is a loved one.
Love is the honesty of language.
The first step in a true
relationship is being able to talk to each other. There should be no inhibitions
on either side of the court: for that way it will be a fun and fair game. Once
you can openly talk to another person, you can then let that person’s words
effect you. Positively, negatively: love is action.
The
Truth About Love….
The truth about love, is that love
is truth. Boiled down to the bone and scrapped clean of doubt. Once you are
truthful to not only the recipient of your love, but yourself as well: then you
can find the truth pathway of the heart. Follow it. Don’t turn back.
“My affections, are then most humble; I have no ambition...” (Miranda.)
For more on Miranda and Ferdinand,
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Signed, Performance Dates: March 14, 15, 16, 21, 22
112 Rues Lane East Brunswick, NJ
Tickets can be purchased by Students of MCVTS School of The Arts and or at the door
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