Blog Post 4/12/19

500 words. Find passages from the text that refer to the 4 gods. Describe their characters and characteristics. What do they look like, act like, sound like, etc.? Also describe how you would represent them on stage. Use direct quotes for each.


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Agwe:

• Quotes
• “Agwe, god of the sea, of our many waters-how gentle he was then.”
• “I have no power. But I shall not have my power eroded bit by bit, because of the weakness of lesser gods. Better I give Asaka the thrashing she deserves, push her into the sea-and destroy all…” (pg76)
• “I shall not share this room with you.”
• “Agwe you are the most cruel of gods. The most selfish. The pity so much power has been given to you.” (pg 76)
• “His lofty head of the richest blue-green seaweed decorated in gold” (pg81)

• Hair
• Awgwe as an older man with long hair and a long beard, he should look disheveled from his “madness” 
• Long, silver(cooler tones and colors as opposed to the warm gold that the book mentions), green, and blue hair tied back around the front of his face in a style similar to the Lord of the Rings series and the elven braids that were done, I would add oceanic detailing like shells and seaweed to his hair to make it more obvious that he is the god of water. 
• Face 
• Vibrant blue eyes 
• Really accentuate, perhaps bright contacts could be used. 
• Deep red lips (stage makeup) 
• Torso 
• Very strong and deemed dangerous based on his intimidated physique and his posture/presence that demands attention to be drawn to him. 
• Strand with ver squares shoulders, if a smaller actor I would add shoulder pads to the outfit to make him appear larger. Another method of this would be to use football or hockey pads to give a large intimidating appearance. 
• For his shirt, I think I would do a loose cotton tunic that is dyed blues and greens, ina dripping pattern that is very haphazard. I would add silver pieces that would jingle sort of like wind chimes as he walked, I think that this would be an interesting detail to show a softer side of him and compassion that he was said to have before when he loved Asaka. 
• Legs 
• I would give Agwe loose fitting pants and might draw inspiration from figures like Poseidon and if I wanted to make a more futuristic version (similar in themes to twelfth night) I would draw inspiration from new movie costume choices like Aquaman and perhaps slightly older gladiator style movies. 
• Feet 
• He would not wear shoes in his depiction 
• Accessories 
• Possibly wearing some form of silver armor. (Scale armor) 
• Desiree's wish is from a blue and silver butterfly
• Shells and armor pieces in hair. 
• Broken pieces of sea glass attached as the form of a windchime, probably belts or piece of scraps that hand to keep his clothes structured in a specific way
• Three thick silver rings spread out two on his dominate hand one on his nondominant (some representation of a trident.)
• Voice/Unspoken pieces (Behavior, body positions, etc.)

• Voice
• Has a deep scratchy throat, gravelly voice because of the lack of water that he had been giving the people.
• Deep voice preferably
• Booms with sound effects of thunder and lightning when angered (fight with Erzulie)
• Behavior
• Careless and not very empathetic
• No remorse about saving the woman's life doesn’t feel the need to comfort his children.
• Always on the defensive

Asaka:

• Quotes
• “Asaka, goddess of the earth, of plants, of all growing things, how generous was her bounty then.” (pg. 11)
• “Cutting down our trees-our god given gifts-and selling them for gain Stripping Asaka of her riches and giving nothing back.” (pg 12)
• “Agwe, your god of waters-how he punishes her.” (pg 12)
• “Asaka sat sulking, looking drab and ragged in a brown dress.” (pg82)
• Hair
• I think I would give her dark hair that is showing some greys, not the same white that Agwe has but a deep grey that occurs naturally. I would give her kinky hair that is styled into something resembling a birds nest. I would give her broken twigs in her hair to give both a very ragged hair
• Face
• I would have her show more of her age than Agwe would because of her loss of trees and her constant beating delivered by Agwe.
• Have her face be carved somewhere into the trees that Desiree chose to sleep underneath
• Vibrant green contacts or eyes.
• Torso
• Broken from all the deforestation, maybe have some broken branches hanging from her dress
• Would give her a very deep peasant look.
• Want to keep her very powerful looking as well so that dress will have very intricate detailing of flowers, branches, and various natural elements.
• A lengthy train made of something like organza and has an ombre of flowers so that the pieces that reach the ground litter flower petals behind her.
• Legs
• Wraps on her legs made from vines and flowers
• Looks like she could transform into a tree at any moment
• Feet
• Sandles that are covered in moss and grass
• Accessories
• She would have stubby nails, that are always cacked with dirt,
• I would want her makeup to be greens and possibly some swirl patterns around the eyes and have patches of moss on her face, nack, and arms.
• Large emerald pendant (possibly the source of her powers)
• Brown corset on over the dress (opposite to Agwes armor)
• Voice/Unspoken pieces (Behavior, body positions, etc.)
• Elegant but broken.
• Want Asaka to also give off a motherly vibe, a very caring woman and bridge a connection between her and Desiree because of Desiree's interest in trees and trust she had for nature.
• Maybe give them some similar features
• Quiet doesn’t speak much and keeps to her own space.
• SHow a spark underneath the surface, something that has been worn down after a long time.

Erzulie:

• Quotes
• “Erzulie, forever lovely, paraded herself so vainly.”
• “White lace dress, heavy with beads.” (pg 72)
• “Erzulie said her anger rising” (pg 74)
• Hair
• Long hair in intricate braids laced with golden thread.
• Firery red straight hair
• Very long braid goes down past hips
• Face
• Heart shaped face with a chiseled chin that is always pointed up to give the effect of being better than the rest the selfishness that she has.
• Torso
• Thin, spaghetti strap dress.
• Dark blood red (ruthlessness)
• The dress is very revealing
• Silk dress that drapes much like many Grecian dresses
• Draggs across the ground but never gets dirty
• Very shiny almost reflective in its pristine cleanliness.
• Legs
• PLain, smooth,
• Sandals strap together at the ankles
• Feet
• Golden sandals (contradict the coolness of Agwe)
• Thin tall heel so that she almost towers of Agwe (power struggle)
• Accessories
• Lots of jewels
• Golden crown made of bleeding heart flowers.
• Gold bangles
• Gold hoop earrings
• Small mirror tucked in the fold of her dress (taken out in desires dream and various other moments to show vanity)
• Voice/Unspoken pieces (Behavior, body positions, etc.)
• Very small in actual size (thin and slightly shorter than average)
• Head constantly heald high
• Quick to anger much like Agwe
• Uses her arms to wave around and talk to draw more attention to herself.
• Doesn’t show her strength much but when it comes out squared shoulders and the height from her shoes gives her a very intimidating look.

Papa Ge:

• Quotes
• “A man in black who perched from the window” (pg 46)
• “Top hat outlined against the grey stormy sky.” (pg 46)
• “Mouth gleamed red, blood red.” (pg 46)
• "Grinned around a cigar clenched between brown teeth.” (pg 46)
• Hair
• Shoulder length
• Black hair
• Wavy in texture
• Face
• Use paint to draw tribal style symbols on the face
• Red eyes with contacts
• Large cigar covers a portion of the face
• Use polymorph plastic to create sharper teeth (Dracula inspiration)
• Torso
• Wear a black cloak, but I want there to be some recognition that death isn’t all bad which is where the inspiration from “doden” comes form because it is a really interesting take on deaths characters and I want to pull through that death has the power of the gods but chose not to use all his power against Desiree when she protected that boy. THat the representation is more of a front than the actual character, (potential for a side story.)
• Legs
• Black pants
• Feet
• Simple black dress shoes, shiny laces are tied nicely
• Accessories
• Black and gold rings.
• Gold, old fashioned pocket watch
• Clear or white gems as the chain for a pocket watch
• Top hat, that comes off in Desirees dream and when she sees him in the trees as a form of taunting hello
• Cigar
• Voice/Unspoken pieces (Behavior, body positions, etc.)
• Take inspiration from both the terror of the story and “Doden” (“Death”) by Janis Rozentals.
• Seems to float rather than walk
• Long legs very tall and uses it to look down on his prey.