Translations | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Act One Abstract

* The play opens with Manus working with hedge-school student Sarah.
* Although everyone in the town has accepted that Sarah is unable to speak, Manus is trying to teach her to talk.
* Jimmy reads from Homer's Odyssey as Manus praises Sarah when she manages to repeat a...
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