The Rez Sisters Questions and Answers
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How is humor utilized in The Rez Sisters? What is the source of the humor, and how is it important to the play?...
I would argue that humor is utilized in a number of ways in this great play. Firstly, humor is to be found in the forthright nature of many of the characters. An early conversation between...
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In the play "The Rez Sisters" there is a trickster, where in the second act does that trickster have a...
The "trickster" also known as Nanabush takes on many disguises. In the play, Nanabush appears disguised as a seagull, a nighthawk, and the Bingo Master. In the second act The Bingo Master-who is...
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What is the significance of Philomena's obsession with her new toilet in The Rez Sisters? What does it mean after she...
The Rez Sisters was a play written by Tomson Highway. Philomena is the down-to-earth, practical person in the story. However, like the other women, she does want to make her existence in Wasy (a...
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Explain the theme of isolation/alienation in Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters. Provide relevant examples from the story.
It is easy to tell right from the outset that Pelajia Moosetail feels isolated. Her desire to go to Toronto is based on her belief that everyone (except herself and her sister Philomena) who live...
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How does The Rez Sisters deal with class issues?
I think that Highway's drama addresses the issue of class in an honest and direct manner. The economic reality that is governing the women of Wasy is that they are poor. They recognize that...
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Describe anger as a deadly sin in Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters.
Spirituality is present in most cultures in one form or another and the similarities become evident in Tomson Highway's Rez Sisters. Anger is one of the Seven Deadly Sins (or vices) in Christianity...