Stage of the gods

My love, My love, written by Rosa Guy, starts with the description of the Island where the story takes place. The Island appears to be the combination of ugly views like the bald mountain peak and scenic beauty like the flushing trees with various colors. For those peasants in the villages, they attribute every things happening around them to the Gods which are Asaka, Agwe, Papa Ge and Erzulie. They are omnipotent in those poor farmers’ eyes and when the four gods are shown in the play, their power should be sensed by the audience while remaining their each distinct style.

Asaka, the Goddess of earth, in my thought should be like a kind and steady lady . Earth always gives humans the sense of immensity and heaviness.A small incident cannot shake the foundation of the Earth at all so that Asaka need to be a women with wide breadth of mind. On the other hand, Earth is the key factor of giving lives to most of the creatures and it also brings them to maturity. With this interpretation, the Goddess of earth should wear in a vibrant green color suit  with the decoration of some flowers.  Afterall, earth can represent as the mother of nature and like the king of the forest, Asaka in my mind should  wear a hat which is made by vines.

Agwe, the God of sea, in the novel does not inherit the peaceful side of the ocean but instead, he incarnates the stormy weather. From the tales that are repeated among the elder peasants, Agwe appears as the irritable God who loves Asaka but has tension with her as well, To show his temperance, he should wear in dark blue costume with holding a fish spear in his hand and whenever he appears in the play, a music of the coming of storm or the sound of lightening should be played in the background.

Papa Ge, the God of death, should undoubtedly be regarded as a frightful and dark character. Death is always some kind of taboo in modern or ancient society, and the God of death must make people afraid. Therefore, if I stage this novel, Papa Ge will be covered all in his dark clothes except for his face which audience only can see a mask of the clown and his hands which are pale and have long nails. The mask of the clown can create a sense of mystery underneath the mask and  his happiness in killing.

Erzulie, the Goddess of love, should be exactly what is opposite from the god of death. She will wear in a bright-colored red long dress with roses on her hand and the actress who acts as her need to be beautiful and passionate because she represents the perfect aspects of a  spouse who is worth to love. She is the most optimistic god of all and she can enter in the play with a dance, showing that when falling love, humans just simply throw away their concerns.