Wednesday, September 17, 2014


THE UGLY DUCKLING

I am reading a One-Act play called the Ugly Duckling it’s about a King and Queen who want to get there daughter Princess Camilla married. Her conflict is that she is ugly to everyone one else but not really. When she was younger her Godmother put a blessing on her that she would be humble and instead the blessing turned into a curse to where her beauty became bliss and everyone become ignorant to her beauty.

The King and Queen get suitors to get princess Camilla married off, all of the suitors obviously turn her down because she was ugly and they were all ignorant to her real beauty. This story really tells a story of what it means to be humble and show that all your beauty is on the inside. It’s a comedic fairy tale and throughout the writing the author uses his sentence fluency. A.A. Mline tells a goofy and children’s theatre style of writing showing all the aspects of what it is to be humble and to have a good heart. Most people don’t understand what it means to be humble, and in a broader picture he uses color words and imagery to express a simple idea of what it is to be a good person, and to have a good heart.

I have really enjoyed reading this story and being able to see different sides of this character (Camilla) and sees that even though she is not pretty on the outside she is beautiful and humble on the inside.

12 comments:

  1. do you consider yourself an ugly duckling? I know I do.

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  2. this actually sounds like a pretty interesting story. i like the bigger picture you draw from the story. Isn't it kind of odd reading it as a play though?

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  3. Sounds really interesting, what made you decide to read a play instead of a book?

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  4. Sounds like you could learn a valuable lesson from this play!

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  5. I haven't read the book yet but you make it sound really entreating

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  6. Do you like reading plays better?

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  7. I like how you describe Camilla being ugly on the outside but beautiful and humble on the inside. Interesting twist on the Ugly Duckling story.

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  8. I like how you used a play, rather than a book.

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  9. I like your picture. It makes me want to read your blog. Very interesting.

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