Brothers TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text "I, Nathaniel Polland, o' Sandy Point in the County o' Rhodes an' State o' Michigan, bein' o' sound mind an' memory, do make, publish, an' declare this t' be my last Will an' Testament in manner followin', viz--." What does "viz" mean?<br><br>[Unable to bear the suspense longer, Seth seizes the paper. He scans it until his eyes catch the all-important paragraph.]<br><br>SETH. "--Bequeath all my earthly possessions to my wife, Jennie Polland."<br><br>[Their thunderbolt has descended. They stand like two men suddenly deprived of thought and motion. Medusa's victims could not have been more pitiable. They have been hurled from their El Dorado, which, at the worst, was to have been their common property.<br><br>Then Seth's voice comes to him, and sufficient strength to drop into a chair.]<br><br>SETH. The damned old critter.<br><br>LON. I'll be swaned.<br><br>SETH [blazing out]. That's gratitude.<br><br>LON. After all we done fur him.<br><br>SETH [pathetically]. An' me a plannin' these last five years on gettin' that house an' ground.<br><br>LON. My kids are packin' our furniture this afternoon, gettin' ready t' move in.<br><br>SETH [with supreme disgust]. Leavin' it t' Ma.<br><br>LON. Her who he ain't hardly spoke t' in twenty years.<br><br>SETH. Jest as though yuh an' me wasn't alive. COMMENTS: Visual Text CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: Brothers.pdf
