Day 4

The Emperor Jones Lesson Plan

Discussion of Thought Questions

  1. 1

    Discuss Jones's encounter with the witch-doctor.

    In Scene 7, Jones goes back even farther into history, back to the Congo in Africa, where more mysterious forces await. He is faced with the presence of a Congolese witch-doctor, who decides that Jones must act as a human sacrifice to keep the evil forces at bay. Rather than kill him himself, the witch-doctor conjures a crocodile to emerge from the nearby river. The line between reality and fantasy has become completely blurred, and it is unclear if this crocodile is a hallucination or a real element in the treacherous forest.

    Students should also note, as critical readers, that while spiritual healers and continue to...

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