Allegory+Play+Shannon

// Enter Vickie and Courtney in Courtney’s dorm room. // ** Courtney **// (Excited) // : Oh my God, Manisha’s party is gonna be boss! ** Vickie ** : Oh I know right, I’m super pumped! ** Courtney ** : Wait, so who is bringing the alcohol? ** Vickie ** : Everyone is! I got a bottle of Vodka in my car. ** Courtney ** : Sweet, let’s go! // Courtney and Vickie enter at Manisha’s sorority house on campus. // ** Manisha ** (//To Vickie and Courtney)//: Ay, you got the alcohol? ** Courtney ** : Don’t we always?! ** Vickie ** : Yeah, I got the GOOD stuff! ** Manisha ** : Sounds good! Let’s get this party started then! // Music starts playing…and three hours later… // ** Narrator ** : The party is raging and everybody is wasted. Courtney and Vickie head out to leave. ** Courtney ** (//In a drunken tone of voice)//: Vickie, where are the keys?! ** Vickie ** (//Also in a drunken tone//): What? No! I’m driving! ** Courtney ** (S//tumbling and tipping over nothing)//: Sike, I can handle the car better than you! I’m not drunk! Let’s go! Where are the keys?! ** Vickie ** (//Slurring over her words//): They are in your hands! ** Courtney ** (//Laughs, as though this was hysterical//): Oh, I knew that… //Courtney and Vickie step outside and get into the car.// ** Courtney ** (//Starts dancing and singing while driving and let’s go of the wheel//): Ay! You look kinda cute! (//Rest of song here//) ** Vickie ** : Watch out! // Courtney and Vickie hit the oncoming car. [Lights go out] The car they hit contains Katelyn and her 18 month old child. Katelyn’s baby and Vickie die instantly. // ** Courtney ** : Vickie! Vickie! Wake up! ** Katelyn **// (Sobbing, upset) // : My baby! You did this! (//Points at Courtney angrily//) ** Courtney ** (//Sobbing)//: I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to! // Officer Shannon arrives on the scene and surveys the damage. // ** Officer Shannon ** : You need to come with me. (//Arrests Courtney//) I’m taking you to jail. // Officer Shannon and Courtney arrive at the jailhouse. Five other people who were also at the party are also in the jail. // ** Inmate 1: ** Courtney?! ** Courtney ** (//Still upset//): Yeah… Kim? ** Kim ** : Yeah… Why are you here? ** Courtney ** : I got into an accident… I don’t want to talk about it… Why are you here? ** Kim ** : I got a DUI… Wasn’t Vickie with you? ** Courtney ** (//Upset//): Yeah… ** Narrator ** : Protestors and family members of the victims came to the jailhouse the next morning, upset about the activities that transpired the night before. ** Vickie’s Family ** (//Angrily)//: You killed my daughter ! ** Katelyn ** (//Angrily)//: You murdered my baby! **Parents**: Get rid of alcohol on this campus! ** Narrator ** : The Dean of the University of Delaware, Woodrina Wilson also arrived at the jailhouse to say a few words. ** Dean ** : Good morning parents, students and others. I first give my condolences to the victim’s families. I am here today to promise you that everybody who was drinking and driving last night will be severely punished. I also promise that the alcohol issue on this campus will be taken care of. ** Katelyn ** : Well, what exactly are you going to do?! Justice should be served! ** Dean ** : Indeed it will be, ma’am. Indeed it will… The students are hereby expelled from this university. The court of law will take care of further punishment. The board is having a meeting today about alcohol use on this campus. ** Vickie’s Family ** : Well you better! Things need to change around here. I already have one daughter gone; I do not want another taken away from me. ** Dean ** : I understand ma’am. In due time, all will be taken care of. ** Narrator ** : Courtney has now been brought to trial. The judge and the jury have been brought up to speed with their case and are about to come up with a verdict. ** Judge ** : Over some careful deliberation, the jury has come up with a verdict and is now going to share it with the court. // The juror walks to the judge with the verdict. The judge then reads it and nods in approval and the juror walks back to the stand. // ** Jury Member ** : We, the jury, find the defendant, Courtney Taylor, guilty on two accounts of murder for Vickie Avalos, 19 years of age, and Mildred Schaaf, 18 months of age. ** Courtney ** (//Upset and shocked)//: But I didn’t mean to do it! Honestly I…  ** Judge ** (//Interrupts her)//: Save it… You have to suffer the consequences of your actions. Since you are now seen as an adult, you are sentenced to 35 years - life in prison. // People in the courtroom gasp at the sentence. // ** Judge ** : Courtney, do you have any last words you would like to say? ** Courtney ** (//Looks around the courtroom, then to Mrs. Avalos//): Mrs. Avalos, I… don’t know what to say… I… I am so sorry… I feel just terrible… I… (Puts her head down) ** Mrs. Avalos ** (//She is silent and just stares at Courtney angrily//) Well… I am sorry too. But being sorry will not bring my daughter back. // Courtney is then escorted out of the court room. // ** Narrator ** : Meanwhile, back at the school, the Dean and the board members sit and discuss about the use of alcohol at the school. ** Board Member #1 ** (//Shocked//) This whole situation is astonishing! Five of our own students… in jail for drinking!? Half of them were underage too! ** Dean ** : Yes, it’s extremely baffling. I don’t understand how this could have happened though. ** Board Member #1 ** : Teenagers drinking excessively on campus is what happened! ** Dean ** : Yes, I know something should be done! I believe that the making, selling and transportation of alcohol should be banned from all premises of this institution. ** Board Member #2 ** (//Gasps in shock//): Don’t you think that is a little… much? This is the eighteenth rule we have had against alcohol usage in the last five years at this school. ** Board Member #1 ** (//Nods in agreement//): Agreed, and many students just seem to rebel against it anyway. We are probably better off keeping the first 17 rules and not adding the eighteenth one. ** Dean ** (//Disagrees with the board members angrily//): Nonsense! I don’t want to hear anymore of it. The eighteenth rule, Prohibition, will be enforced as of October 28, 2009. This includes the banning of the sale, manufacturing, consumption and transportation of any type of intoxicating beverages. Any person seen doing otherwise will be expelled from this University immediately. Case closed! Meeting adjourned! ** Narrator ** : The 18th Rule, Prohibition, on the campus at the University of Delaware went into effect on October 28, 2009 (Rosenberg, 1997). Students of the college immediately disregarded the rule and many of them were expelled. This rule was in effect for nearly 14 years before it was repealed by the new Dean and the new board members because too many students were being expelled. It was the first rule ever to be repealed by the University of Delaware. Meanwhile, Courtney Taylor spent the next 35 years in prison. She was let out of prison after her sentence was up. __ Allegorical Elements __ Our play symbolizes the time period of Prohibition, which was from 1920-1933. During Prohibition, intoxicating beverages were completely banned from America. This happened due to the excessive drinking Americans at the time were doing, and the results of the drunken Americans actions that were happening. People kept on drinking, though, during Prohibition, and the 18th Amendment was repealed, the first Amendment to be repealed. In our Allegory, students on the University of Delaware campus go to a party and drink large quantities of alcohol. The result of their actions is severe, the deaths of two people. The Dean, Woodrina Wilson (A.K.A Woodrow Wilson, the President at the time of Prohibition), decides to ban alcohol from the campus at UD. After 14 years of this rule not working, it was repealed by the new dean and new board members. Woodrow “Woodrina” Wilson October 28, 2009 (Date Prohibition started) 18th Rule à 18th Amendment After 14 years, both were repealed and they were the first ever to be repealed
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