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Written Assignment 3

Among the Noh plays you have read, select one that appeals to you the most and discuss why you are drawn to it above all the other works. You may wish to refer to the video illustrations of the excerpts of the plays that we saw in class, as well as the scripts to compose your answer.

It is very difficult to pick just one Noh play that appeals to me above all the other works because of how wonderful and beautiful each of the performances are. There is so much time and dedication that goes into each work and each part that its almost a shame to claim one better over the other works. However, I enjoyed both the Warrior and the Takasago plays. The Takasago play is very interesting because it is a God play. Also it is very interesting to not the first and second act changed. I enjoy the idea that there is a break with a different character played by the Koygen in-between the first and second acts. Particularly I believe that the Idea of the "god pine" imagery discussed in the play is beautiful in retrospect because there is an actual painted Cypress tree on stage. The whole visual imagery along with the play accents the beauty in both language and visual art through the acting and painting.