I never thought that I would be
reading fairy tales this year. It is a coincidence that before I came to know
of a fairy play on “The trial of Goldilocks”, I was doing “The wonderful wizard
of Oz” which interestingly is a fairy tale too. This coincidence made me
remember Paulo Coelho's quote, "When you want something, the
entire universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." Indeed, it did not happen intentionally but
universe knew what I was going to learn this year in literary genre class.
Therefore, it let me into preliminary reading of the fairy tale, the
wonderful wizard of Oz before the trial of Goldilocks.
When I first heard of Goldilocks,
I felt it is classic like the play, the importance of being earnest. This is
because I felt, the name, Goldilocks, does not make sense in modern period as I
have never encountered a character named in such a way. Only in classic
literature, I remember coming across such names. Moreover, I knew not a bit of
what it is going to be about until madam said that it is a one -act play.
One-act play! What is it? I was baffled
for a moment. Then, I saw the words “Act” and “Play”. Immediately, my brain got
into creating a theater same to the theater of Elizabethan period where women
and men were in classic attires on a stage, heartily performing at their peak.
All this making came into me like an image on mirror because I think I knew
Shakespeare and his association to theater during his period.
I was not content hearing the
name. Thus curiosity grew intensely in me that I was no sooner in a lab and I
googled it on internet. It took me to a
six minutes animation movie. I exclaimed, what? Are they joking? Am I supposed to watch this? I tried another one but, the search results
were same as I have tired earlier. Nonetheless, I watched it timidly. This was in
fact a shocking discovery I have not expected. Everything was a shocking flash
which was pleasurable though. When madam read us the play, I got a visual image
of how trial was being conducted in a court room with prosecutor, defender,
judge, jury and all. This is because I know English court well enough to
explain even to the extent of how it is organized.
Above all these, I really liked
the judge who is a little hard of hearing. His act left me thinking of my
friend who is no different to the judge. This helped me construct connection
with my friend which made me feel blissful even for a second. Moreover, funny
past came rolling before my eyes as if Goldilocks has summoned it. For
instance, my friend, who is as well a little hard of hearing, cannot hear what
I say well to him in a close distance whilst, surprisingly, he can hear what I
say badly about him from a distance. Thus, the judge acts the same like my
friend. For this reason, I liked this play as it reminded me of my friend
through the display of a character like the judge.
I am immensely happy that I am
blessed to have this chance to flip the pages of Goldilocks. It is full of humor
and it teaches us human values. I appreciated this one act play to be
undoubtedly effective in teaching people a value in a short span of time, in the
form of entertainment. This play gave me a space to explore more on other one-act plays. Thus, I feel I am making the meaning of my presence here at college
as a student of language and literature, not seriously the English language and
literature though.
Image citation
Eden Paiarie entertainment. (playwrights). (n.d). The Trial of Goldilocks. Retrieved from http://www.edenprairieplayers.com//email-images/Goldilocks.jpg.
