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Broken Glass Fact-Matching Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

Welcome to the world of “Broken Glass,” a fact-matching game where you piece together important information fragments. In this game, players must use their skills to uncover hidden truths and solve puzzles.

  • Players must use spells for hints and extra time to advance through the game.
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  • - Broken Glass is a play written by Arthur Miller.
  • - The play is set in Brooklyn, New York, in 1938.
  • - The protagonist is Sylvia Gellburg, a Jewish woman in her 30s.
  • - Sylvia suddenly becomes paralyzed from the waist down, and doctors are unable to determine the cause.
  • - Her husband, Philip Gellburg, is a successful businessman.
  • - Sylvia's paralysis coincides with the events of Kristallnacht, a night of violent anti-Jewish attacks in Nazi Germany.
  • - Philip is emotionally distant from Sylvia and struggles to understand her condition.
  • - Dr. Harry Hyman is Sylvia's physician, who becomes increasingly obsessed with her case.
  • - Dr. Hyman suspects Sylvia's paralysis is psychosomatic and attempts to uncover the psychological roots of her condition.
  • - Harriet is Sylvia's sister, who encourages Sylvia to explore her feelings and confront her fears.
  • - Harriet introduces Sylvia to a young man named Billy, who lost his legs in a childhood accident.
  • - Billy's resilience and positive outlook inspire Sylvia to confront her own fears and emotions.
  • - The play explores themes of identity, assimilation, the power of fear, and the effects of discrimination.
  • - As the play progresses, tensions rise between Sylvia and Philip, exposing the cracks in their marriage.
  • - The Gellburgs' marriage is further strained when Philip's boss fires him for being Jewish.
  • - Sylvia's condition begins to improve as she confronts her fears and experiences a newfound sense of empowerment.
  • - The play ends with Sylvia defiantly walking, symbolizing her liberation from fear and emotional paralysis.
  • - Broken Glass premiered on Broadway in 1994 and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play.
  • - Arthur Miller wrote the play in response to the rise of anti-Semitism in the 1990s.
  • - Broken Glass explores the psychological and emotional impacts of oppression and the importance of self-realization.

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