"Yellow Face" Pt. 2
Identity & Self Definition: "Yellow Face"
Overview
David Henry Hwang's play, "Yellow Face", provides his perspective on theatre. The play is available for viewing for free on YouTube. This assignment are short essay questions created to allow the students to think deeply on Hwang's purpose for writing this play and the importance it holds in theatre.
Assignment
To complete this assignment, you will need to view David Henry Hwang's "Yellow Face" (available on YouTube).
Please respond in short essay format.
- How does Hwang both celebrate and critique the American dream, both through the play’s plot and the characters he invents?
- What does this text add to our understanding of the definition of the American dream, and specifically, to this unit’s theme of exclusion?