Amazing Grace Play Analysis

Amazing Grace Play Analysis

On July 22nd, 2015, I was given the opportunity to witness a remarkable Broadway Play, called Amazing Grace. I attended this play along with my fellow peers from the Rutgers College of Nursing EOF program. This was the first time for most of my peers along with myself to attend a Broadway show. Amazing Grace depicts the issue of slavery during the 1780s and the early 1800s. The main character John Newton faced many challenges throughout the play and in the end he overcomes those hindrances by realizing slavery degraded human beings.

One of the features that made the play exciting was the sound effect. Throughout the play, there were many sound effects of gunshots, the ocean, and storms. These sounds captured my attention and made me feel as if I was involved in the show. Typically, I am a person who gets uninterested easily at things I do not enjoy. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...The setting changed very often of the play and every new setting was excellent. It was amazing how the people from the production of the play were able to master every setting with such a small environment. There was this one scene toward the intermission where John Newton was travelling in a ship and there was a storm, which destroyed the ship, and John Newton was drowning. However, John Newton's friend, an African American slave, saved him and swam up to the shore. During this scene there was a screen, which came down in front of the stage, and the effects made it look similar to a view from under the ocean. Behind the screen one could see Thomas grabbing onto John Newton and swimming up toward the surface of the water. This was truly amusing for the reason that it convinced me to think it was actually water. Thus, the setting played a major role in capturing the attention of the audience, which made everything look as if it was all happening in the 1780's to

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