If you were to stage this novel as a play, how would you costume Desiree (Ti Moune) in order to show her as a member of the peasant village yet also an outsider, a dreamer who longs for something different? Would you show any connection to the Gods or to the rich and if so, how? Explain your answer.
In my perspective, Desiree should display some degree of characteristic of both the peasant and the rich. Although Desiree is poor in this village, she is still longing to see the world outside and keeps expecting something extraordinary will happen to her. Her appearance should be easily sensed as unique among all the other peasants, so first of all, her costume must be different than the other peasants. I will let those peasants wear in Grey and dark to show their simplicity while let Ti Moune dress in a light pink color dress which is tattered a little bit because of the hard fieldwork.. Besides, Ti Moune should be the only one who puts on a slight makeup in the village. However, the trait of the peasants should definitely shows on her as well. As shoes, Ti Moune will wear a pair of frazzled shoes made out of the grass just like everyone else and her believes in those four gods should be as deep as the rest of the peasant group. I want to show that by letting Ti Moune frequently put her palms together devoutly when she talks about god in her speech.
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