Question

After reading Act II, scenes 4 and 5 of The Diary of Anne Frank, answer the questions below.

Scene 4

1. Would you have answered the phone? Why or why not?


2. Was the behavior of the characters in Scene 4 consistent with their behavior in the rest of the play? Why or why not?


3. Are they the only ones to suffer during the Holocaust? Explain.


4. When the characters were discovered, why were they not shot on sight?


Scene 5


5. How has Otto changed from the beginning of play to now?


6. What is symbolic about how the diary just stops? How does it show Anne dying all over again?


7. How does reading the diary bring closure to Mr. Frank?


8. Anne says, “Despite everything, I still believe that all people are good at heart.” After reading this, why does Mr. Frank say, “She puts me to shame.”?


I'm looking for serious answers. Any answers that are not serious I will report.

Answer 1

1: No. Even though there was a chance that it could've been Miep, Mr Frank was correct, they must stay hidden, better safe than sorry.

3: No, they aren't. They are just one case of many people who have suffered from Hitler's actions. Hitler targeted the Jewish and other minorities he considered wasn't a "Pure German" They are many cases, such as Eva Pickova (wrote "Fear" while in Terezin, a concentration camp.).

4: Even though Hitler and the Nazis targeted the Jewish and other minorities, they weren't shot on sight since they still had value (eg; working in a work/concentration camp)

5: from running from the nazis when margot was 'recuited', to learning he was the only survior in the family, likely grief.

6; Shows that she didnt finish her diary, her story still lives on in us.

7: the diary brings closure to mr frank, since we see a side of him, a side not many see (besides close people, like anne) (plus he was hidden for many years with his family)

8: because anne was still native to how to world works, and even after dying to typhus (she wouldnt have contracted the sickness if she was safe in her house (not the annexe)) and it puts mr frank to shame because he'll never have a grown adult that understands the world as adults see it, (or because he failed to teach her that the world isnt fair or nice)

I hoped I help :) thank you.