The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the
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“The Effects of Gamma
Rays on Man-in-theMoon Marigolds”
- Paul Zindel
Introductory Notes
Topics…..
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Triumph in the face of adversity
Self-image
Dreams
The inability to make
meaningful human connections
• Half-life
Style….
Setting
Set approximately in the 1960’s
Most of the action takes place in the front
room of the Hunsdorfer house, a wooden
structure that was once a vegetable shop
run by Beatrice’s father
House is rundown and cluttered
Voiceovers
the play is framed by Tillie’s voiceovers
Allows her to speak her true feelings and
dreams
Comic relief
Used at various times to break the tension
Telephone calls
Intrusion of the outside world
Provides a way for the playwright to
expand Beatrice’s character
Terms….
Gamma ray
– a high energy photon emitted after a
nuclear reaction or spontaneously from the
nucleus of a radioactive atom that lowers the
energy level of the nucleus
Half-life
- The time a radioactive substance takes to
lose half its radioactivity through decay
Cobalt 60
- A naturally radioactive isotope of cobalt
that has a mass number of 60,
spontaneously emits strong gamma
radiation and is used in radiotherapy and
in industry
Marigold
- A common garden plan, native to tropical
America, with scented stems and strikingly
rich yellow or orange flowers