The trial of Goldiliocks_Reflection

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.