Project- 1 Exegesis

Cluck - To express with interest or concern. (pg6)

www.merriam-websterscollegiate.com/dictionary/cluck

 Bette Davis- 

(Martha: What a dump. Hey, what’s that from? “ What a dump!”)

(looks about the room. Imitates Bette Davis) (pg4)

Was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, and highly regarded for her film performances.

“What a dump!” is a bitchy line Bette Davis said in the movie Beyond This Forest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Davis

Peritonitis- Peritonitis is an inflammation (irritation) of the peritoneum, the thin tissue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs. (p5)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002311/

Parnassus – (pg32) (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus"

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Parnassus

Walpurisnacht- (Act Two) is a traditional spring festival on 30 April or 1 May in large parts of Central and Northern Europe.[1] Its celebration is associated with dancing and with bonfires.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night

Monstre-(pg113) French word meaning Monster.

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Cochon-(pg113) French word meaning Pig.

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Bête- (pg113)French word meaning Beast.

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Canaille- (pg113)  French word meaning Blackguard.

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Putain- (pg113)French word meaning Whore.

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Putas- (pg126) Puta is a Spanish word, its English translation is Whore, or slut.

http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/puta

Exorcism- (Act 3) is the religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism


Flores para los muertos" (flowers for the dead, in a reference to a line in A Streetcar Named Desire).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who's_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F


Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?- George often sings this to Martha in the play, in the tune of "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush" It means who's afraid of the big bad wolf and whos afraid of living a life without false illusions. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who's_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F

Requiem- A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known asMass for the dead (Latin:Missa pro defunctis) orMass of the dead (Latin:Missa defunctorum), isMass celebrated for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular formula of the Roman Missal. It is frequently, but not necessarily, celebrated in the context of a funeral. 

Latin

Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Te decet hymnus Deus, in Sion,

et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem.

Exaudi orationem meam;

ad te omnis caro veniet.

Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

English translation

Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

A hymn becomes you, O God, in Zion,

and to you shall a vow be repaid in Jerusalem.

Hear my prayer;

to you shall all flesh come.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem