*Anne Frank*

I remember the day we went into hiding. At first I didn’t no the meaning of hiding was until father said we must never leave beyond the door. What bugged me at first was that Peter didn’t try to be friends with me. How badly I had wished he were a girl. That’s all different now. We talk a lot now and he kissed me on my check. I was so happy.

I miss my friends. I miss Jopie. I miss spending time with her. I hope Jopie is ok because Mr. Dussel told me about her being taken away and it worries me. Mr. Dussel always kicks me out of our room. I want to be free and to be able to sleep in my bed again! I want to go back to school and I want father to get his job back. I want our life back.



I would wake up everyone in the middle of the night because I would scream in my nightmares. I dreamed the green police found us and where taking us away. The good thing is that my hope has increased because of the war going on. All I can really do is wait for the end to come. Whether it’s good or bad. I know everyone feels the same way.

We have been hiding for a long time now. We have had to cut down on our food. All of us look different and much thinner. Everything is so much different and I wish that everything could go back to the way it was before.
I want to breath fresh air again. I feel trapped here.

Character Analysis

Anne is Mr. and Mrs. Frank’s daughter. Anne is thirteen and very talkative. Anne is the trouble in the attic. Anne always acts up and gets on everyone’s nerves.

Anne and Peter have a love/hate relationship. One moment they are having fun with one another the next moment they start to argue. Anne always attempts to be friends with Peter so she can have fun with someone. After all Peter is the only person in the attic in her age range but he makes everything so difficult for her. She gets so frustrated sometimes she wishes he were a girl.

Anne and Mrs. Frank don’t have a strong relationship. Anne described her mother as unbearable. Anne doesn’t love her mother as much as she loves her father because Mrs. Frank always treats her like a child.

Anne and Mr. Van Daan’s relationship isn’t so great either. Anne mocks Mr. Van Daan while he talks and Mr. Van Daan wishes Anne were more like Margot her sister. Her relationship with Mr. Dussel is bad to he finds her annoying. When Mr. Van Daan asked Mr. Dussel what had happened with Anne (because she woke up screaming that night) Mr. Dussel said it was a nightmare. When Mr. Van Daan told Mr. Dussel it sounded like someone had tried to murder her Mr. Dussel said he wished.

Anne doesn’t really like the idea of being in an attic. She wants to be moving around and have fun. She always whines.

A quote I thought Anne said was important was "I'm trying. I really am. Every night I think back over all of the things I did that day that were wrong...like putting the wet mop in Mr. Dussel's bed ...and this thing now with mother. I say to myself, that was wrong. I make up my mind, I'm never going to do that again. Never! Of course I may do something worse ... but at least I’ll never do that again!... I have a nicer side, Father ... a sweeter, nicer side. But I'm scared to show it. I'm afraid that people are going to laugh at me if I'm serious. So the mean Anne comes outside and the good Anne stays on the inside, and I keep on trying to switch them around and have the good Anne outside and the bad Anne inside and what I'd like to be...and might be...if only...only...". I think this quote is important because it helps see that Anne doesn’t try to be mean on purpose or get on peoples nerves. She tries to be nice but she is afraid they won’t like her and laugh. This quote helps you see a part of her we wouldn’t have seen if she hadn’t said this quote.

Act 1, Scene 1-4

scene 1: Mr. Frank is in the attic and tries to keep self control as he looks around. He finds a white glove on the floor and picks it up and starts to cry. Miep who is twenty-two and pregnant asks Mr. Frank if he is ok. Mr. Frank tells Miep he wants to leave because this place has too many memories of his family. He is now all alone. Miep tries to convince him to stay. Mr. Frank thanks Miep for her help. As he tells Miep to follow him, Miep grabs a file of papers left on the floor and tries to give them to him but he tells her to burn them. Miep hands him Anne's diary and he starts to read it out load to Miep. Later Anne's voice joins him. Anne mentions in her diary how everything changes in her life and the limits she's given. Anne talks about how she's going into hiding upstairs at her dad's old job with the Van Daan.








scene 2: It's July 1942. Peter, Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan are a rich family that is going into hiding with the Franks. Mr. Van Daan is fat but very well put together. He is tall and in his late 40's. Mrs. Van Daan is pretty and in her early 40's. Peter is 16 and shy. Miep went to go buy them a ration book so they can keep track of the food while in hiding. Mr. Kraler explains to Mrs. Frank that what they are doing was a white market and not a black market because they were helping people hide in Amsterdam. Mr. Frank explains the rules to everyone that they would have to follow while they were hiding. Anne tries to be friends with Peter but he doesn't cooperate. He didn't even let her carry his cat. No one wants to walk around of use the W.C. between 8:30- 5:30 p.m.. The rest of the time they spent on trying to make the place feel like a welcoming home.





scene 3: They had been hiding for two months now. the last worker left the building. Anne and Peter finished their lesson Peter and Anne have a love had relationship. One second its fun and the next they begin to argue. For example, Peter called Anne Mrs. Quack quack repeatedly. He told everyone that her teacher used to call her that because she talked a lot. Anne was so upset that she took off his clothes she had been wearing and threw them down the stairs. As he passed her she tripped him. Mr. Van Daan does not like Anne and wants her to be like her sister Margot. Anne leaves in tears after her mom tells her to be more like Margot. Mr. Kraler brings someone else to join them in hiding, that person is Mr. Dussel. Anne tries to make him at home. Anne writes in her diary that she wishes Peter was a girl so she would have someone to talk to and Mrs. Van Daan keeps flirting with Mr. Frank.






scene 4: One night Anne wakes up everyone because she is yelling for help in her nightmare. Mrs. Frank wakes Anne and comforts her. When Mrs. Frank tries to care for Anne, Anne rejects it and asks for her father. Mrs. Frank is hurt because of this and cries. Anne tells her father his is the only one she loves. Mr. Frank tells Anne that that is wrong and gives her a pill so she would go back to bed. Soon Anne realizes what she did and that it was wrong. Anne tells Mr. Frank that she does not mean to do mean things and that she has a nice side but she does not know how to switch those emotions around. Soon Anne falls asleep. Anne has written in her diary that the air raids are getting worse. She says they also have hope because allies have landed in Africa. Everyone thinks there is still hope except Mrs. Van Daan who thinks they are going to die (she is a fatalist).

Drama: Anne Frank the Play

An element of drama is plays. Actors act out the play by using dialogue which is found in the script of the play. Some act out drama in theaters. The most important things needed to perform are a stage, lights and a theater. The stage is important because it is elevated so everyone can see the play clearly and allows actors to change without being seen. The lights are important because it helps you focus on who is talking or to catch the audience’s attention.

The actors follow the stage directions given by the director of the play. Stage directions are the emotional and physical intentions of the characters. Every drama/story has seven themes. These themes are: tragedy, bravery, heroism, family, revenge, love, redemption and war.

Every drama also has an exposition, rising action, a climax, a falling action, and a resolution. These are all called elements of plot. An exposition gives you the back up information so you can understand the play. A rising action leads up to the problem/conflict. A climax is when the problem/conflict is introduced; it’s the most important part of the play because it can change the whole outcome of the play. A falling action is when the conflict is almost solved. The resolution is the outcome of the play where a solution is made whether good or bad.

Costumes are very important in every play because it helps you learn more about the characters. This is why every play usually has a costume designer that finds or designs the costumes for the actors to wear. For example if a actor is wearing a bustle gown then the play is taking place in the victorian era.

Every play is broken up into scenes. A scene is a short story in a play. Each scene focuses on different themes and they are all important.