Since the unfortunate accident that happened to Max during the weekend, our group decided to focus more on the characterization of the other people in the scene and figure out, how we wanted the scene to end, since he wasn't there to do work with us. We had a rough idea of it, but now we had to improvise it and start working towards the perfect finish. We wanted the finish to be quite dramatic, rising in action, since we start our piece with a conflict, then go into more mellow conversation between each character, so a big finish would be needed to make scene work well. We decided that something bad should happen to one of the characters, and that character should be Rick. He is the one talking about having a life outside of the boat throughout the whole scene, desperately wanting to get out. This way, he does get out, but not necessarily the way he would have wanted to.
Rick is hit in the head by the boom of the boat, followed by a moment of silence. Shock and desperation takes over and finally Vera steps out to try and help Rick, but after realizing she can't help, and no one else cannot snap out of their state of shock, Vera can't take it any longer. All her thoughts start to spill in tot he open air, all the doubt she has been having about the groups friendship and the future. She starts to blame the others of Ricks death, resulting in her breaking down into tears. Rick and Vera had a past together, which Rick apparently has moved on from, but we felt as a group that it would give Vera more reason to go Rick first, if she would still have feelings for him., and so, as she begs Ricks cold body to wake up, she confesses her love to him, only to be disturbed by a ringing phone. As she slowly calm down, Vera answers the phone, finding out that it is Ricks girlfriend on the other end. When the phone call ends, all the remaining members of the group look at each other in shock. The scene ends as the boat rocks and knocks everyone of the boat, ending in a blackout.
During the whole scene, Vera has been one of the characters, who has rather stayed away from the arguments, and just tried move on from them. She doesn't show any want to be on the boat, but neither does the desperately want out. Since the friends haven't seen each other in a long time, Vera has started to doubt their whole friendship, if they are friends any more, or does she even want to be their friend. These thoughts come out at the end, when Vera lets out all her feelings to the others, showing them, that there are more important things in the world than themselves. All of the character have selfish features, Paige wanting to cause trouble for her own amusement and Xanthe basically swimming in self-pity, Vera picks up on these traits and uses them against the others to make a point, which is quite selfish of her. But her objective isn't to protect herself or make herself look any better, it is to point out her admiration towards Rick.
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,"
- a segment from John Masefield's 'Sea Fever'
This first line of the poem really felt close to what is going on in Vera's head, when she decided to participate on the boat trip. On the other hand, she sees the closest friends might have ever had in this group of people, which is why she has hope to their future together, but at the same time Vera realizes the fact, that she hasn't felt like a part of group in a long time any longer. But rather than like the poem, which seems to admire the sea and the journey it will take the person, Vera doesn't dreads the outcome of this trip, because she knows deep down that what ever happens, the result won't be pretty.
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