Monday, April 19, 2010

Fiddler on the Roof (OC)

About traditions following in the past and leading into the future. Tevye has five daughters and no sons. Without their traditions their lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof. A matchmaker matches couples. In the eyes of the matchmaker even a bad husband is better than no husband. Lazar Wolf has his eye set for Tzeital. Tzeital wants to marry Motol her childhood friend, but they have no choice when it comes to who the match maker picks for them. Tevye realizes it is no shame to be poor but is not very popular either. When a curse has been said they spit it out and that is how they get rid of the bad. Perchik wants to teach Tevye's daughters some lessons.
Perchik has some new ideas. When Tevye meets with Lazar he assumes he wants to buy his cow. After things are cleared up Tevye agrees to let Lazar marry Tzeital thinking she will not anything again. Lazar is an old man. He promise Tevye he would be good to her. Then after Tevye agreed they went to a bar and celebrated with drinks. Even the Russians seemed happy for them. After he left the bar, Tevye ran into a Russian constable who spoke of a demonstration that the community was going to have, that way when the inspector comes through he will see they did their job. The Russians were going to do some mischeif in the Jewish community. Pershik tried to explain to the two youngest daughters of Tevye that they should never trust an employer in his first lesson. Tzeital told Tevye that she did not want to marry Lazar when he told her that she was to marry Lazar. She begged him not to make her marry him. He decided not to make her marry Lazar. Motol asked Tevye that he could marry Tzeital. He seemed to think it was crazy. Tevye decided to let Motol and Tzeital marry. Overjoyed Motel celebrates with Tzeital. Tevye convinces Golde he has waken from a nightmare in which Lazar's dead wife will retribute if Lazar and Tzeital marry and where the grandmother wants Tzeital to marry Motol. Tevye's third daughter Chava is getting teased by some Russians, but one of them Fyedka protects her, loans her a book, and a secret relationship begins. The demonstration occurs of the wedding day of Motol and Tzeital and Tevye advises everyone to clean up. When Perchik needs to go back to Kiev proposes to Hodel and she agrees. They ask for the blessing of her father not his permission and he relunctantly gives his permission and blessing. Yente tells Tzeital that she has seen Chava with Fyedka.Motol has purchased a new sewinf machine and he and Tzeital have a baby. When Chava is forbidden to speak with Fyedka they elope. Jews are being expelled by Russians. When Chava and Fyedka stop to say their leaving, Tevye doesn't talk but prompts Tzeital to say
God be with you.

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