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moon_in_her_hairPlayer's Name: Lils
Are you over 16? Yes
Characters Played Here: None
Character: Alice Munro
Series/Canon: The Last of the Mohicans
From When? The climax of the film, jumping to her death.
History: Here
Personality:
At the beginning of the film, Alice is described in the script as effervescent. She's excited about her surroundings, about what she will see and the "adventure" that she will be experiencing. She shows an interest in the world that is wildly different from England, even questioning her friend, Duncan, about the "red men."
Because the film focuses so much on the trauma that she experiences, it is easy to forget that Alice is a largely happy person. Outside of the constant massacres, deaths, and threat to her life, she showed a great deal of spirit and kindness. She was loving to those that she was close to and clinged to them, even when the world seemed to be falling apart around her. When the party of Alice, Duncan, Cora, Uncas, Hawkeye, and Chingachgook near the fort, Alice manages to rouse herself from her suffering to express excitement at seeing her father again. In the script as well, she manages to tease Duncan when he offers to see she is given a bath by saying, "If Cora doesn't marry you, I will!" She is a largely happy young woman, but only when given the chance to breathe and process what is happening. For the majority of the movie, trauma and fear come in such large doses, she isn't given the time to absorb it all.
Alice possesses more spirit than what the characters around her assume. Though she begins to detach from her surroundings and the world, she has the capability to fight. After the first attack, when Uncas unties the horses, Alice chides him for the action, moving to catch them. She views them as the only means to getting out of the wild and to return to safety. She doesn't know much of her rescuers at this time, only that they are removing the only way out that she knows. She stands up to them, unaware of whether or not they plan to kill them.
Even in her trauma, Alice possesses an otherworldly strength. She doesn't flinch or cry, even when faced with her death. There is a particular scene where she is nearly killed by an attacking Huron. Alice doesn't plead for her life or become hysterical, she detaches herself and stares ahead, facing her death with eerie calm. Later, when she is lead off, away from her sister and rescuers, by Magua into an unknown future, Alice again shows that same level of calm. It could be argued that she has simply given up on life and disconnected from the world. However, given her later actions, it is equally valid that Alice is not budging or giving him any inch of herself, including her tears.
That strength and spirit takes hold of her in the climax, clearly displayed after she witnesses Uncas' death. Alice moves to the side of the cliff and stares at Magua, gauging him through a single look. In the face of her calm and tranquility, Magua lowers his weapon and tries to appeal to her to move away. Alice, instead, without hesitation, throws herself from the cliff. She recognizes that he is capable of killing her and is unaware what lies in store. Rather than allow someone else to dictate her fate, Alice decides it for herself.
In this scene, we also see Alice's power of observation. She recognizes what Magua plans for her as well as his unreliablity as an ally or rescuer. She doesn't trust him. Alice is portrayed throughout the movie as the observer. Most of her screen time is shots of her looking about and analyzing the world around her, as well as the people in it. She recognizes the good in others, trusting even Chingachgook and Uncas, which would be difficult for any woman in that time period, given the stories that would be shared in a highly xenophobic society.
Her introspection even extends to herself, recognizing her actions since their rescue. She pulls away from Cora in one scene, stating that she "can't lay about like an invalid school girl" before going off to help in the infirmary. While it's not a heavily detailed line, it does reflect that she realizes that she should do more and not be pampered, given how many others were put to work, including Cora.
It is also clear through several lines that Alice is sheltered. When Cora learns of their father's death, she tells Hawkeye to say nothing to Alice. Rather than risk upsetting Alice, Cora keeps the news to herself, preferring to suffer alone. However, it greatly denies Alice a chance to mourn and process everything that has happened. Too many times the characters shield her face or pull her into their chest. Alice shows a capability of making her own decisions (though it leads to her demise). If granted the moment, it is highly likely that Alice could have pulled herself together and faced what was coming. She had as much spirit, drive, and awareness as her sister, but was instead shuffled behind and treated like a doll.
She is a stronger character than shown and while she does not respond to the constant massacres as an action hero would, Alice does respond in a very human way. She witnesses multiple, horrific deaths and comes out of it frightened and traumatized. She doesn't faint but finds a very human way to help deal with the situation, which is through detachment. She seeks comfort, even becoming lovers with Uncas while under the waterfall. Though she cries in the midst of it and begins to become hysterical, she pulls herself together at the end and detaches those extreme emotions, forcing herself back into a calm, dreamy state. She doesn't give up, but keeps moving, clinging to the few relationships that she has managed to forge. Her sister, her friend, her father, and her lover. At the end of it all, she stands alone and chooses her own path, rising above her fears and showing more determination and strength than any other character in the film.
Why do you think your character would work in this setting? Alice has already existed in a frontier like setting and seen colonialization. The domes will throw her off as well as the aspect of space, but given how much she has seen, she will come to accept it in time. Once she has a night or two to let everything absorb. She would settle in, once she saw and realized that she was in a (somewhat) safe setting. She also would want to find a place that she could view as a home. As she'll be coming into this unwillingly, she'll respond at first with fear and trepidation. But once she realizes that she is safer in this setting than the one she came from, she'll be eager to stay.
What will your character do for work? She's worked in the infirmary and is capable of giving first aid. She probably would work as a nurse.
Inventory: She'll be coming in with simply the dress on her back.
Samples:
Third-Person Sample:
Fluxed is what they call it. Saving grace is what she will view it as. Pulled from her time into a place that she never thought possible, she was stolen from the brink of death and given life once more. This was a world unlike hers, though there were familiar ideas. The settling into a wilderness, facing the natural dangers and challenges. Only this didn't have constant attacks or massacres. Everyone was happy and healthy here, others seemed to view it as a home.
That was perhaps what she relished most. A place that she could be safe and a place that she could view as home. It would take time to bridge that gap, including the understanding. There was so much here that was foreign and mystical seeming. The technology alone making her head spin. But it was an adventure and that was what she had wanted in the beginning.
Instead of what she received.
"A frontier, but of a different sort." She reminded herself, looking into her mirror as she dressed for her first day at her job. "Women work, all are required to be of use." It helped to remind herself, if only so that dazed feeling could disappear for a moment. She had a lot still to grasp and learn, but the basics was where she could start.
"New Dodge. This is New Dodge and it is Eli that I met first." She braided a small lock of her hair, similar to what she had worn back home. "This is home and I have been fluxed into this world." She paused in her movements, gripping her hair for a moment as a wave of terror overtook her. No! Detach She hissed in her mind, severing whatever memories were trying to rise unbidden. Another place, another time, one filled with blood.
"I am safe here. This is New Dodge and I am safe here. Safe."
First-Person Sample:
Cora,
I don't expect that you will ever receive this letter, nor do I even know how to begin sending it. I write to you more for myself and I know that I shall never seek the reply that I long for. I suppose, it is to ease my own conscience and to tell you that I am safe. That is a word that neither of us believed we could find, not in those dark days. I am in a place that I cannot describe, but I have found a happiness of sorts. I think of you daily and remind myself that wherever you are, you are not alone. Though I am, I have a piece of you in my heart and I take comfort from it. I also take comfort from being alone.
I have reason now to find my way and to find my strength. I am better, dearest Cora, and I am happy.
I love you always,
Alice
Are you over 16? Yes
Characters Played Here: None
Character: Alice Munro
Series/Canon: The Last of the Mohicans
From When? The climax of the film, jumping to her death.
History: Here
Personality:
At the beginning of the film, Alice is described in the script as effervescent. She's excited about her surroundings, about what she will see and the "adventure" that she will be experiencing. She shows an interest in the world that is wildly different from England, even questioning her friend, Duncan, about the "red men."
Because the film focuses so much on the trauma that she experiences, it is easy to forget that Alice is a largely happy person. Outside of the constant massacres, deaths, and threat to her life, she showed a great deal of spirit and kindness. She was loving to those that she was close to and clinged to them, even when the world seemed to be falling apart around her. When the party of Alice, Duncan, Cora, Uncas, Hawkeye, and Chingachgook near the fort, Alice manages to rouse herself from her suffering to express excitement at seeing her father again. In the script as well, she manages to tease Duncan when he offers to see she is given a bath by saying, "If Cora doesn't marry you, I will!" She is a largely happy young woman, but only when given the chance to breathe and process what is happening. For the majority of the movie, trauma and fear come in such large doses, she isn't given the time to absorb it all.
Alice possesses more spirit than what the characters around her assume. Though she begins to detach from her surroundings and the world, she has the capability to fight. After the first attack, when Uncas unties the horses, Alice chides him for the action, moving to catch them. She views them as the only means to getting out of the wild and to return to safety. She doesn't know much of her rescuers at this time, only that they are removing the only way out that she knows. She stands up to them, unaware of whether or not they plan to kill them.
Even in her trauma, Alice possesses an otherworldly strength. She doesn't flinch or cry, even when faced with her death. There is a particular scene where she is nearly killed by an attacking Huron. Alice doesn't plead for her life or become hysterical, she detaches herself and stares ahead, facing her death with eerie calm. Later, when she is lead off, away from her sister and rescuers, by Magua into an unknown future, Alice again shows that same level of calm. It could be argued that she has simply given up on life and disconnected from the world. However, given her later actions, it is equally valid that Alice is not budging or giving him any inch of herself, including her tears.
That strength and spirit takes hold of her in the climax, clearly displayed after she witnesses Uncas' death. Alice moves to the side of the cliff and stares at Magua, gauging him through a single look. In the face of her calm and tranquility, Magua lowers his weapon and tries to appeal to her to move away. Alice, instead, without hesitation, throws herself from the cliff. She recognizes that he is capable of killing her and is unaware what lies in store. Rather than allow someone else to dictate her fate, Alice decides it for herself.
In this scene, we also see Alice's power of observation. She recognizes what Magua plans for her as well as his unreliablity as an ally or rescuer. She doesn't trust him. Alice is portrayed throughout the movie as the observer. Most of her screen time is shots of her looking about and analyzing the world around her, as well as the people in it. She recognizes the good in others, trusting even Chingachgook and Uncas, which would be difficult for any woman in that time period, given the stories that would be shared in a highly xenophobic society.
Her introspection even extends to herself, recognizing her actions since their rescue. She pulls away from Cora in one scene, stating that she "can't lay about like an invalid school girl" before going off to help in the infirmary. While it's not a heavily detailed line, it does reflect that she realizes that she should do more and not be pampered, given how many others were put to work, including Cora.
It is also clear through several lines that Alice is sheltered. When Cora learns of their father's death, she tells Hawkeye to say nothing to Alice. Rather than risk upsetting Alice, Cora keeps the news to herself, preferring to suffer alone. However, it greatly denies Alice a chance to mourn and process everything that has happened. Too many times the characters shield her face or pull her into their chest. Alice shows a capability of making her own decisions (though it leads to her demise). If granted the moment, it is highly likely that Alice could have pulled herself together and faced what was coming. She had as much spirit, drive, and awareness as her sister, but was instead shuffled behind and treated like a doll.
She is a stronger character than shown and while she does not respond to the constant massacres as an action hero would, Alice does respond in a very human way. She witnesses multiple, horrific deaths and comes out of it frightened and traumatized. She doesn't faint but finds a very human way to help deal with the situation, which is through detachment. She seeks comfort, even becoming lovers with Uncas while under the waterfall. Though she cries in the midst of it and begins to become hysterical, she pulls herself together at the end and detaches those extreme emotions, forcing herself back into a calm, dreamy state. She doesn't give up, but keeps moving, clinging to the few relationships that she has managed to forge. Her sister, her friend, her father, and her lover. At the end of it all, she stands alone and chooses her own path, rising above her fears and showing more determination and strength than any other character in the film.
Why do you think your character would work in this setting? Alice has already existed in a frontier like setting and seen colonialization. The domes will throw her off as well as the aspect of space, but given how much she has seen, she will come to accept it in time. Once she has a night or two to let everything absorb. She would settle in, once she saw and realized that she was in a (somewhat) safe setting. She also would want to find a place that she could view as a home. As she'll be coming into this unwillingly, she'll respond at first with fear and trepidation. But once she realizes that she is safer in this setting than the one she came from, she'll be eager to stay.
What will your character do for work? She's worked in the infirmary and is capable of giving first aid. She probably would work as a nurse.
Inventory: She'll be coming in with simply the dress on her back.
Samples:
Third-Person Sample:
Fluxed is what they call it. Saving grace is what she will view it as. Pulled from her time into a place that she never thought possible, she was stolen from the brink of death and given life once more. This was a world unlike hers, though there were familiar ideas. The settling into a wilderness, facing the natural dangers and challenges. Only this didn't have constant attacks or massacres. Everyone was happy and healthy here, others seemed to view it as a home.
That was perhaps what she relished most. A place that she could be safe and a place that she could view as home. It would take time to bridge that gap, including the understanding. There was so much here that was foreign and mystical seeming. The technology alone making her head spin. But it was an adventure and that was what she had wanted in the beginning.
Instead of what she received.
"A frontier, but of a different sort." She reminded herself, looking into her mirror as she dressed for her first day at her job. "Women work, all are required to be of use." It helped to remind herself, if only so that dazed feeling could disappear for a moment. She had a lot still to grasp and learn, but the basics was where she could start.
"New Dodge. This is New Dodge and it is Eli that I met first." She braided a small lock of her hair, similar to what she had worn back home. "This is home and I have been fluxed into this world." She paused in her movements, gripping her hair for a moment as a wave of terror overtook her. No! Detach She hissed in her mind, severing whatever memories were trying to rise unbidden. Another place, another time, one filled with blood.
"I am safe here. This is New Dodge and I am safe here. Safe."
First-Person Sample:
Cora,
I don't expect that you will ever receive this letter, nor do I even know how to begin sending it. I write to you more for myself and I know that I shall never seek the reply that I long for. I suppose, it is to ease my own conscience and to tell you that I am safe. That is a word that neither of us believed we could find, not in those dark days. I am in a place that I cannot describe, but I have found a happiness of sorts. I think of you daily and remind myself that wherever you are, you are not alone. Though I am, I have a piece of you in my heart and I take comfort from it. I also take comfort from being alone.
I have reason now to find my way and to find my strength. I am better, dearest Cora, and I am happy.
I love you always,
Alice