4)Emotion plays a huge role in what Ensler is trying to accomplish. Why is this? How does she use emotions like humor as a strategy? How does she move us from laughter to embarrassment to sadness to other emotional reactions and why do you think she is doing this?
I'm choosing to write my blog on the monologue I Was Twelve. My Mother Slapped Me. I found this monologue to be humorous, sad, and embarrassing, all at the same time. Obviously, as a female, I can relate on some level to the emotional and physical pain these women endured. Getting your period is a right of passage, and many of the women who shared their experiences did not have pleasant ones. My guess is that most of the women who shared their stories are well into their lives. I found it funny to read the women's stories. It stunk for them but it made for a good read for others. At the same time I found the stories a little sad, many of the stories mention women looking down and seeing blood on the floor, to me that's a traumatizing thought. I can not imagine being a young girl/woman and experiencing something so traumatizing, so I felt a bit of remorse for them. I also felt a great deal of embarrassment for these women. "Eleven years old, wearing white pants. Blood started to come out," what that woman felt has got to be the worst thing in the world. I think the author chooses to go the route of taking us through so many emotional reactions because everyone can find one emotion to relate to. Everyone may not always relate it back to their first period experience but they can all find life experiences to tie those emotions to.
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