Question

100 POINTS
Look at the poster for the play The Golem.





What is the best prediction can the reader make about the play from the poster?

The poster is of a street, suggesting a story that takes place outside.
The poster is dark and wavy, suggesting a theme of mystery.
The poster is a cityscape, suggesting that there are no human characters.
The poster shows many buildings, suggesting a theme of architecture.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The poster is dark and wavy, suggesting a theme of mystery.

Answer 2

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2️⃣ The poster is dark and wavy, suggesting a theme of mystery.

Explanation:

Mysterious, super-natural and other unearthly-factors present in a play are usually depicted in posters using dark and wavy pictures. Hence, we are able to identify a minute theme of the play, that is, being mysterious in nature.

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The Golem: How he Came into the World is a 1920 silent play which depicts a legend of the Jews. Golem was a giant made of clay that was was actually made by the Jews to protect themselves from being thrown out their ghetto in Prague. Even though Golem becomes their savior, he later on gets possessed by Astaroth and causes vast devastation and is later on found dead when a small girl removes an amulet from his neck which was responsible for giving life to Golem. The mysterious death of Golem and the presence of the child are the main parts of the story which allow the viewers to form their own opinions on how Golem died.

⇒ Key Characters:

➡ Rabbi Loew - The leader of the Jews

➡ Golem - The giant who became the villain before the praises for his heroism subsided.

➡ Astaroth - The spirit the gets into Golem

➡ The Roman emperor - The emperor who issues the law of throwing the Jews out

⇒ Subsidiary characters: [Forms the romantic part of the play]

➡ Florian the Knight - One of the knights of the Roman emperor

➡ Miriam - Daughter of Loew