Miss Canada Play Summary

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The wooing of miss Canada is written in a script format for a play, by Edith lelean groves. The genre of the play is drama. The prologue of the play lime lights the history of Canada, during the time of confederation. However, at that time none thought Canada was a nation. Canada is portrayed as alluring, strong, prosperous country with fertile land, in need to be protected. While reading the play, two ideas that reflected on me were nationalism and feminism. Some issues that this play deals with are, good versus evil, pride and identity.

In the play, Canada is offered alliance from various countries but in the end she chooses independence with jack Canuck who is a Canadian. The offering of alliance is displayed through a matrimony ceremony …show more content…

The play tells us about the femininity of Canada, she owns rare beauty and rich land And culture. Her belief in her own strengths and resources led to independence. The fairy godmother plays a maternal role in this play, She along with her seven fairies helped shape miss Canada. This highlights the idea of strong woman’s role in a nation.

In addition, another issue that Edith bought up I this play is good versus evil. In the play the fairy godmother identifies the bad fairy as the reason for miss Canada’s pride and desire for materialistic goods. In contrast to the good fairies who bought wealth, health, power to grow, beauty and etcetera to Canada. According to me I think Edith tried to highlight that, we are surrounded by both good and positive energy, and we have a choice to act on.

In the beginning of the play miss Canada, is trying to find her way as a nation, and she seeks for help from other nations such as Spain, France, japan etc. But after learning that aligning with other countries would not only change her naturally acquired beauty but also abuse it. That is when she rises up above her own wishes and realized what she actually cares about, and became a nation itself. This enabled her to gain her own

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