Death and the Maiden Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Death and the Maiden Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Act 1, Scene 1

• The play opens quietly, possibly in Chile, but in any country who has survived a long dictatorship and replaced it recently with a democratic government.

• Moonlight bathes the first person on stage, Paulina Salas, who is sitting out on the terrace.

• The tension immediately picks up when Paulina hears a car, looks out the window and grabs for a gun.

• Gerardo, her husband, gets out and speaks to someone in the car, inviting them in for a drink and then, when declined, invites him back on Sunday.

• She does not hear the other half of the conversation. She puts the gun away again and hides in the curtains.

• Gerardo is apologetic. We learn that he is quite late for dinner.

• Paulina tries to hide her tension and asks who it was in the car who brought him home.

• He explains that a nail punctured his tire...

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