a- Three rules that the Van Daan and Frank families must follow while hiding in the annex are: 1) They must stay quiet and not make noise during the day, 2) They must not go outside, and 3) They must keep the curtains closed at all times.
b- I would have the hardest time following the rule of not being able to go outside. Being confined to a small space for a long period of time without being able to get fresh air and sunlight would be very challenging for me.
a-What are three rules that the Van Daan and Frank families must follow while hiding in the annex?
b-Which of these rules would you have the hardest time following if you were in a similar situation?
Note: I will split this into 2 parts. But keep it short and in 8th grade lvl please
on the couch.] "Dear Diary, since you and I are going to be great friends, I will start by telling you about myself. My name is Anne Frank. I am thirteen years old. I was born in Germany the twelfth of June, nineteen twenty-nine. As my family is Jewish, we emigrated to Holland when Hitler came to power."
[As Mr. Frank reads on, another voice joins his, as if coming from the air. It is Anne's Voice.]
Mr. Frank and Anne. "My father started a business, importing spice and herbs. Things went well for us until nineteen forty. Then the war came, and the Dutch capitulation,' followed by the arrival of the Germans. Then things got very bad for the Jews."
• [Mr. Frank's Voice dies out. Anne's Voice continues alone. The lights dim slowly to darkness. The curtain falls on the scene.]
Anne's Voice. You could not do this and you could not do that. They forced Father out of his business. We had to wear yellow stars." I had to turn in my bike. I couldn't go to a Dutch school any more. I couldn't go to the movies, or ride in an automobile, or even on a streetcar, and a million other things. But somehow we children still managed to have fun.
Yesterday Father told me we were going into hiding. Where, he wouldn't say. At five o'clock this morning Mother woke me and told me to hurry and get dressed. I was to put on as many clothes as I could. It would look too suspicious if we walked along carrying suitcases. It wasn't until we were on our way that I learned where we were going. Our hiding place was to be upstairs in the building where Father used to have his business. Three other people were coming in with us... the Van Daans and their son Peter... Father knew the Van Daans but we had never met them...
[During the last lines the curtain rises on the scene. The lights dim on. Anne's Voice fades out.]
• [It is early morning, July 1942. The rooms are bare, as before, but they are now clean and orderly.
2 Mr. Van Daan, a tall portly man in his late forties, is in the main room, pacing up and down, neroously smoking a cigarette. His clothes and overcoat are expensive and well cut.
Mrs. Van Daan sits on the couch, clutching her possessions, a hatbox, bags, etc. She is a pretty woman in her early forties. She wears a fur coat over her other clothes.
Peter Van Daan is standing at the window of the room on the right, looking down at the street below. He is a shy, awkward boy of sixteen. He wears a cap, a raincoat, and long Dutch trousers, like
"plus fours." At his feet is a black case, a carrier for his cat. s The yellow Star of David is conspicuous on all of their clothes.] Mrs. Van Daan. [Rising, nervous, excited] Something's happened to them! I know it!
7 Mr. Van Daan. Now, Kerli!
& Mrs. Van Daan. Mr. Frank said they'd be here at seven o'clock. He said ...
• Mr. Van Daan. They have two miles to walk. You can't expect...
Mrs. Van Daan. They've been picked up. That's what's happened. They've been taken ...
11 [Mr. Van Daan indicates that he hears someone coming.]
12 Mr. Van Daan. You see?
13 [Peter takes up his carrier and his schoolbag, etc., and goes into the main room as Mr. Frank comes up the stairwell from below.
Mr. Frank looks much younger now. His movements are brisk, his manner confident. He wears an overcoat and carries his hat and a small cardboard box. He crosses to the Van Daans, shaking hands with each of them.]
Mr. Frank. Mrs. Van Daan, Mr. Van Daan, Peter. [Then, in explanation of their lateness There were too many of the Green Polices on the streets... we had to take the long way around.
15 [Up the steps come Margot Frank, Mrs. Frank, Miep (not pregnant now) and Mr. Kraler. All of them carry bags, packages, and so forth. The Star of David is conspicuous on all of the Franks' clothing. Margot is eighteen, beautiful, quiet, shy. Mrs. Frank is a young mother, gently bred, reserved.
She, like Mr. Frank, has a
slight German accent. Mr. Kraler is a Dutchman, dependable, kindly.
7 answers
[It is a little after six o'clock in the evening, two months later.
1. Margot is in the bedroom at the right, studying. Mr. Van Daan is lying down in the attic room above.
2. The rest of the "family" is in the main room. Anne and Peter sit opposite each other at the center table, where they have been doing their lessons. Mrs. Frank is on the couch. Mrs. Van Daan is seated with her fur coat, on which she has been sewing, in her lap. None of them are wearing their shoes.
1 Their eyes are on Mr. Frank, waiting for him to give them the signal which will release them from their day-long quiet. Mr. Frank, his shoes in his hand, stands looking down out of the window at the back, watching to be sure that all of the workmen have left the building below.
5 After a few seconds of motionless silence, Mr. Frank turns from the window.]
• Mrs. Frank. [Quietly, to the group] It's safe now. The last workman has left.
› [There is an immediate stir of relief.]
8 Anne. [Her pent-up energy explodes.] WHEE!
• Mr. Frank. [Startled, amused] Anne!
10 Mrs. Van Daan. I'm first for the w.c. 11 [She hurries off to the bathroom. Mrs. Frank puts on her shoes and starts up to the sink to prepare supper. Anne sneaks Peter's shoes from under the table and hides them behind her back. Mr. Frank goes in to Margot's room.]
1. Mr. Frank. [To Margot] Six o'clock. School's over.
2. Margot gets up, stretching. Mr. Frank sits down to put on his shoes. In the main room Peter tries to find his.]
3. Peter. (lo Anne Have you seen my shoes?
4. Anne. (Innocently] Your shoes?
5. Peter. You've taken them, haven't you?
6. Anne. I don't know what you're talking about.
7. Peter. You're going to be sorry!
8. Anne. Am I? 20 [Peter goes after her. Anne, with his shoes in her hand, runs from him, dodging behind her mother.]
9. Mrs. Frank. [Protesting] Anne, dear!
10. Peter. Wait till I get you!
11. Anne. I'm waiting! [Peter makes a lunge for her. They both fall to the floor. Peter pins her down, wrestling with her to get the shoes.] Don't! Don't! Peter, stop it. Ouch!
12. Mrs. Frank. Anne! ... Peter!
[Suddenly Peter becomes self-conscious. He grabs his shoes roughly and starts for his room.]
26 Anne. [Following him] Peter, where are you going? Come dance with me.
27
Peter. I tell you I don't know how.
1. Anne. I'll teach you.
2. Peter. I'm going to give Mouschi his dinner.
3. Anne. Can I watch?
4. Peter. He doesn't like people around while he eats.
5. Anne. Peter, please. Peter. No! [He goes into his room. Anne slams his door after him.]
34 Mrs. Frank. Anne, dear, I think you shouldn't play like that with Peter. It's not dignified.
Anne. Who cares if it's dignified? I don't want to be dignified.
Mr. Frank and Margot come from the room on the right. Margot goes to help her mother. Mr. Frank starts for the center table to correct Margot's school papers.]
37
Mrs. Frank. [To Anne] You complain that I don't treat you like a grownup. But when I do, you resent it.
38
Anne. I only want some fun... someone to laugh and clown with ... After you've sat still all day and hardly moved, you've got to have some fun. I don't know what's the matter with that boy.
39
Mr. Frank. He isn't used to girls. Give him a little time.
1. Anne. Time? Isn't two months time? I could cry. [Catching hold of Margot] Come on, Margot... dance with me. Come on, please.
2. Margot. I have to help with supper.
3. Anne. You know we're going to forget how to dance... When we get out we won't remember a thing. 43 [She starts to sing and dance by herself. Mr. Frank takes her in his arms, waltzing with her. Mrs. Van Daan comes in from the bathroom.]
4. Mrs. Van Daan. Next? [She looks around as she starts putting on her shoes.] Where's Peter?
5. Anne. [As they are dancing] Where would he be!
6. Mrs. Van Daan. He hasn't finished his lessons, has he? His father'll kill him if he catches him in there with that cat and his work not done. [Mr. Frank and Anne finish their dance. They bow to each other with extravagant formality.] Anne, get him out of there, will you?
47 Anne. [At Peter's door] Peter? Peter?
46 Peter. [Opening the door a crack] What is it?
49 Anne. Your mother says to come out.
50
Peter. I'm giving Mouschi his dinner.
Mrs. Van Daan. You know what your father says. [She sits on the couch, sewing on the lining of her fur coat.]
Peter. For heaven's sake, I haven't even looked at him since lunch.
53
Mrs. Van Daan. I'm just telling you, that's all.
1. Anne. I'll feed him.
2. Peter. I don't want you in there.
56
Mrs. Van Daan. Peter!
57 Peter. (To Anne] Then give him his dinner and come right out, you hear?
58
[He comes back to the table. Anne shuts the door of Peter's room after her and disappears behind the curtain covering his closet.]
1. Mrs. Van Daan. [To Peter| Now is that any way to talk to your little girl friend?
2. Peter. Mother... for heaven's sake... will you please stop saying that?
•1 Mrs. Van Daan. Look at him blush! Look at him!
62 Peter. Please! I'm not... anyway... let me alone, will you? Mrs. Van Daan. He acts like it was something to be ashamed of. It's nothing to be ashamed of, to have a little girl friend.
6 Peter. You're crazy. She's only thirteen.
1. Mrs. Van Daan. So what? And you're sixteen. Just perfect. Your father's ten years older than I am. [To Mr. Frank] I warn you, Mr. Frank, if this war lasts much longer, we're going to be related and then ...
2. Mr. Frank. Mazel too!!7
3. Mrs. Frank. [Deliberately changing the conversation] I wonder where Miep is. She's usually so prompt. 68 [Suddenly everything else is forgotten as they hear the sound of an automobile coming to a screeching stop in the street below. They are tense, motionless in their terror. The car starts away. A wave of relief sweeps over them. They pick up their occupations again. Anne flings open the door of Peter's room, making a dramatic making a dramatic entrance. She is dressed in Peter's clothes. Peter looks at her in fury. The others are amused.]
69
Anne. Good evening, everyone. Forgive me if I don't stay.
(She jumps up on a chair.] I have a friend waiting for me in there. My friend Tom. Tom Cat. Some people say that we look alike. But Tom has the most beautiful whiskers, and I have only a little fuzz. I am hoping ... in time...
Peter. All right, Mrs. Quack Quack!
1. Anne. [Outraged-jumping down] Peter!
2. Peter. I heard about you... How you talked so much in class they called you Mrs. Quack Quack. How Mr. Smitter made you write a composition... "Quack, Quack, said Mrs. Quack Quack."
Anne. Well, go on. Tell them the rest. How it was so good he read it out loud to the class and then read it to all his other classes!
74 Peter. Quack! Quack! Quack... Quack... Quack ...
75 [Anne pulls off the coat and trousers.]
1. Anne. You are the most intolerable, insufferable boy I've ever met!
2. She throws the clothes down the stairwell. Peter goes down ... after them.]
3. Peter. Quack, quack, quack!
4. Mrs. Van Daan. [To Anne] That's right, Anneke! Give it to him!
5. Anne. With all the boys in the world.. Why I had to get locked up with one like you!
• 81
Peter. Quack, quack, quack, and from now on stay out of my room!
82 [As Peter passes her, Anne puts out her foot, tripping him. He picks himself up, and goes on into his room.]
83
Mrs. Frank. [Quietly] Anne, dear... your hair. [She feels Anne's forehead.] You're warm. Are you feeling all right?
84
Anne. Please, Mother. [She goes over to the center table, slipping into her shoes.]
85
Mrs. Frank. [Following her] You haven't a fever, have you?
86 Anne. [Pulling away] No. No.
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Mrs. Frank. You know we can't call a doctor here, ever.
There's only one thing to do ... watch carefully. Prevent an illness before it comes. Let me see your tongue.
1. Anne. Mother, this is perfectly absurd.
2. Mrs. Frank. Anne, dear, don't be such a baby. Let me see your tongue. [As Anne refuses, Mrs. Frank appeals to Mr. Frank]
Mr. Frank. You hear your mother, Anne.
[Anne flicks out her tongue for a second, then turns away.]
Mrs. Frank. Come on—open up! [As Anne opens her mouth very wide] You seem all right... but perhaps an aspirin...
Mrs. Van Daan. For heaven's sake, don't give that child any pills. I waited for fifteen minutes this morning for her to come out of the w.c.
∞ Anne. I'was washing my hair!
Mr. Frank. I think there's nothing the matter with our Anne that a ride on her bike, or a visit with her friend Jopie de Waal wouldn't cure.
Isn't that so, Anne?
9 [Mr. Van Daan comes down into the room. From outside we hear faint sounds of bombers going over and a burst of ack-ack. 9]
1. Mr. Van Daan. Miep not come yet?
2. Mrs. Van Daan. The workmen just left, a little while ago.
3. Mr. Van Daan. What's for dinner tonight?
4. Mrs. Van Daan. Beans.
5. Mr. Van Daan. Not again!
6. Mrs. Van Daan. Poor Putti! I know. But what can we do? That's all that Miep brought us.
103 [Mr. Van Daan starts to pace, his hands behind his back. Anne follows behind him, imitating him.)
1. Anne. We are now in what is known as the "bean cycle." Beans boiled, beans en casserole, beans with strings, beans without strings...
2. Peter has come out of his room. He slides into his place at the table, becoming immediately absorbed in his studies.]
106 Mr. Van Daan. [To Peter] I saw you.. in there, playing with your cat.
107
Mrs. Van Daan. He just went in for a second, putting his coat away. He's been out here all the time, doing his lessons.
108
Mr. Frank. [Looking up from the papers] Anne, you got an excellent in your history paper today... and very good in Latin.
109
Anne. [Sitting beside him] How about algebra?
110 Mr. Frank. I'll have to make a confession. Up until now I've managed to stay ahead of you in algebra. Today you caught up with me. We'll leave it to Margot to correct.
111
Anne. Isn't algebra vile, Pim!,
112
Mr. Frank. Vile!
113
Margot. [To Mr. Frank] How did I do?
114
Anne. [Getting up] Excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent!
115
Mr. Frank. [To Margot] You should have used the subjunctivel here...
In Scene 3, Anne causes frustration for many of the characters. What do you think causes these issues? Provide a specific example of her conflict with at least one of the following characters:
→ Anne vs. Mr. Van Daan or Mr.
Van Daan
→ Anne vs. Peter
→ Anne vs. Mrs. Frank
1. Margot is in the bedroom at the right, studying. Mr. Van Daan is lying down in the attic room above.
2. The rest of the "family" is in the main room. Anne and Peter sit opposite each other at the center table, where they have been doing their lessons. Mrs. Frank is on the couch. Mrs. Van Daan is seated with her fur coat, on which she has been sewing, in her lap. None of them are wearing their shoes.
1 Their eyes are on Mr. Frank, waiting for him to give them the signal which will release them from their day-long quiet. Mr. Frank, his shoes in his hand, stands looking down out of the window at the back, watching to be sure that all of the workmen have left the building below.
5 After a few seconds of motionless silence, Mr. Frank turns from the window.]
• Mrs. Frank. [Quietly, to the group] It's safe now. The last workman has left.
› [There is an immediate stir of relief.]
8 Anne. [Her pent-up energy explodes.] WHEE!
• Mr. Frank. [Startled, amused] Anne!
10 Mrs. Van Daan. I'm first for the w.c. 11 [She hurries off to the bathroom. Mrs. Frank puts on her shoes and starts up to the sink to prepare supper. Anne sneaks Peter's shoes from under the table and hides them behind her back. Mr. Frank goes in to Margot's room.]
1. Mr. Frank. [To Margot] Six o'clock. School's over.
2. Margot gets up, stretching. Mr. Frank sits down to put on his shoes. In the main room Peter tries to find his.]
3. Peter. (lo Anne Have you seen my shoes?
4. Anne. (Innocently] Your shoes?
5. Peter. You've taken them, haven't you?
6. Anne. I don't know what you're talking about.
7. Peter. You're going to be sorry!
8. Anne. Am I? 20 [Peter goes after her. Anne, with his shoes in her hand, runs from him, dodging behind her mother.]
9. Mrs. Frank. [Protesting] Anne, dear!
10. Peter. Wait till I get you!
11. Anne. I'm waiting! [Peter makes a lunge for her. They both fall to the floor. Peter pins her down, wrestling with her to get the shoes.] Don't! Don't! Peter, stop it. Ouch!
12. Mrs. Frank. Anne! ... Peter!
[Suddenly Peter becomes self-conscious. He grabs his shoes roughly and starts for his room.]
26 Anne. [Following him] Peter, where are you going? Come dance with me.
27
Peter. I tell you I don't know how.
1. Anne. I'll teach you.
2. Peter. I'm going to give Mouschi his dinner.
3. Anne. Can I watch?
4. Peter. He doesn't like people around while he eats.
5. Anne. Peter, please. Peter. No! [He goes into his room. Anne slams his door after him.]
34 Mrs. Frank. Anne, dear, I think you shouldn't play like that with Peter. It's not dignified.
Anne. Who cares if it's dignified? I don't want to be dignified.
Mr. Frank and Margot come from the room on the right. Margot goes to help her mother. Mr. Frank starts for the center table to correct Margot's school papers.]
37
Mrs. Frank. [To Anne] You complain that I don't treat you like a grownup. But when I do, you resent it.
38
Anne. I only want some fun... someone to laugh and clown with ... After you've sat still all day and hardly moved, you've got to have some fun. I don't know what's the matter with that boy.
39
Mr. Frank. He isn't used to girls. Give him a little time.
1. Anne. Time? Isn't two months time? I could cry. [Catching hold of Margot] Come on, Margot... dance with me. Come on, please.
2. Margot. I have to help with supper.
3. Anne. You know we're going to forget how to dance... When we get out we won't remember a thing. 43 [She starts to sing and dance by herself. Mr. Frank takes her in his arms, waltzing with her. Mrs. Van Daan comes in from the bathroom.]
4. Mrs. Van Daan. Next? [She looks around as she starts putting on her shoes.] Where's Peter?
5. Anne. [As they are dancing] Where would he be!
6. Mrs. Van Daan. He hasn't finished his lessons, has he? His father'll kill him if he catches him in there with that cat and his work not done. [Mr. Frank and Anne finish their dance. They bow to each other with extravagant formality.] Anne, get him out of there, will you?
47 Anne. [At Peter's door] Peter? Peter?
46 Peter. [Opening the door a crack] What is it?
49 Anne. Your mother says to come out.
50
Peter. I'm giving Mouschi his dinner.
Mrs. Van Daan. You know what your father says. [She sits on the couch, sewing on the lining of her fur coat.]
Peter. For heaven's sake, I haven't even looked at him since lunch.
53
Mrs. Van Daan. I'm just telling you, that's all.
1. Anne. I'll feed him.
2. Peter. I don't want you in there.
56
Mrs. Van Daan. Peter!
57 Peter. (To Anne] Then give him his dinner and come right out, you hear?
58
[He comes back to the table. Anne shuts the door of Peter's room after her and disappears behind the curtain covering his closet.]
1. Mrs. Van Daan. [To Peter| Now is that any way to talk to your little girl friend?
2. Peter. Mother... for heaven's sake... will you please stop saying that?
•1 Mrs. Van Daan. Look at him blush! Look at him!
62 Peter. Please! I'm not... anyway... let me alone, will you? Mrs. Van Daan. He acts like it was something to be ashamed of. It's nothing to be ashamed of, to have a little girl friend.
6 Peter. You're crazy. She's only thirteen.
1. Mrs. Van Daan. So what? And you're sixteen. Just perfect. Your father's ten years older than I am. [To Mr. Frank] I warn you, Mr. Frank, if this war lasts much longer, we're going to be related and then ...
2. Mr. Frank. Mazel too!!7
3. Mrs. Frank. [Deliberately changing the conversation] I wonder where Miep is. She's usually so prompt. 68 [Suddenly everything else is forgotten as they hear the sound of an automobile coming to a screeching stop in the street below. They are tense, motionless in their terror. The car starts away. A wave of relief sweeps over them. They pick up their occupations again. Anne flings open the door of Peter's room, making a dramatic making a dramatic entrance. She is dressed in Peter's clothes. Peter looks at her in fury. The others are amused.]
69
Anne. Good evening, everyone. Forgive me if I don't stay.
(She jumps up on a chair.] I have a friend waiting for me in there. My friend Tom. Tom Cat. Some people say that we look alike. But Tom has the most beautiful whiskers, and I have only a little fuzz. I am hoping ... in time...
Peter. All right, Mrs. Quack Quack!
1. Anne. [Outraged-jumping down] Peter!
2. Peter. I heard about you... How you talked so much in class they called you Mrs. Quack Quack. How Mr. Smitter made you write a composition... "Quack, Quack, said Mrs. Quack Quack."
Anne. Well, go on. Tell them the rest. How it was so good he read it out loud to the class and then read it to all his other classes!
74 Peter. Quack! Quack! Quack... Quack... Quack ...
75 [Anne pulls off the coat and trousers.]
1. Anne. You are the most intolerable, insufferable boy I've ever met!
2. She throws the clothes down the stairwell. Peter goes down ... after them.]
3. Peter. Quack, quack, quack!
4. Mrs. Van Daan. [To Anne] That's right, Anneke! Give it to him!
5. Anne. With all the boys in the world.. Why I had to get locked up with one like you!
• 81
Peter. Quack, quack, quack, and from now on stay out of my room!
82 [As Peter passes her, Anne puts out her foot, tripping him. He picks himself up, and goes on into his room.]
83
Mrs. Frank. [Quietly] Anne, dear... your hair. [She feels Anne's forehead.] You're warm. Are you feeling all right?
84
Anne. Please, Mother. [She goes over to the center table, slipping into her shoes.]
85
Mrs. Frank. [Following her] You haven't a fever, have you?
86 Anne. [Pulling away] No. No.
87-1
Mrs. Frank. You know we can't call a doctor here, ever.
There's only one thing to do ... watch carefully. Prevent an illness before it comes. Let me see your tongue.
1. Anne. Mother, this is perfectly absurd.
2. Mrs. Frank. Anne, dear, don't be such a baby. Let me see your tongue. [As Anne refuses, Mrs. Frank appeals to Mr. Frank]
Mr. Frank. You hear your mother, Anne.
[Anne flicks out her tongue for a second, then turns away.]
Mrs. Frank. Come on—open up! [As Anne opens her mouth very wide] You seem all right... but perhaps an aspirin...
Mrs. Van Daan. For heaven's sake, don't give that child any pills. I waited for fifteen minutes this morning for her to come out of the w.c.
∞ Anne. I'was washing my hair!
Mr. Frank. I think there's nothing the matter with our Anne that a ride on her bike, or a visit with her friend Jopie de Waal wouldn't cure.
Isn't that so, Anne?
9 [Mr. Van Daan comes down into the room. From outside we hear faint sounds of bombers going over and a burst of ack-ack. 9]
1. Mr. Van Daan. Miep not come yet?
2. Mrs. Van Daan. The workmen just left, a little while ago.
3. Mr. Van Daan. What's for dinner tonight?
4. Mrs. Van Daan. Beans.
5. Mr. Van Daan. Not again!
6. Mrs. Van Daan. Poor Putti! I know. But what can we do? That's all that Miep brought us.
103 [Mr. Van Daan starts to pace, his hands behind his back. Anne follows behind him, imitating him.)
1. Anne. We are now in what is known as the "bean cycle." Beans boiled, beans en casserole, beans with strings, beans without strings...
2. Peter has come out of his room. He slides into his place at the table, becoming immediately absorbed in his studies.]
106 Mr. Van Daan. [To Peter] I saw you.. in there, playing with your cat.
107
Mrs. Van Daan. He just went in for a second, putting his coat away. He's been out here all the time, doing his lessons.
108
Mr. Frank. [Looking up from the papers] Anne, you got an excellent in your history paper today... and very good in Latin.
109
Anne. [Sitting beside him] How about algebra?
110 Mr. Frank. I'll have to make a confession. Up until now I've managed to stay ahead of you in algebra. Today you caught up with me. We'll leave it to Margot to correct.
111
Anne. Isn't algebra vile, Pim!,
112
Mr. Frank. Vile!
113
Margot. [To Mr. Frank] How did I do?
114
Anne. [Getting up] Excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent!
115
Mr. Frank. [To Margot] You should have used the subjunctivel here...
In Scene 3, Anne causes frustration for many of the characters. What do you think causes these issues? Provide a specific example of her conflict with at least one of the following characters:
→ Anne vs. Mr. Van Daan or Mr.
Van Daan
→ Anne vs. Peter
→ Anne vs. Mrs. Frank
In Scene 3, Anne causes frustration for many of the characters due to her playful and energetic nature, which clashes with the tense and confined environment of their situation. One specific example of her conflict is with Peter. Anne playfully hides Peter's shoes, resulting in a small argument between the two as Peter accuses Anne of taking them. This playful teasing and interaction between Anne and Peter, while innocent in nature, can sometimes cause tension and frustration within the group. Anne's desire for fun and playfulness contrasts with Peter's more serious and reserved demeanor, leading to moments of conflict and annoyance between them.
It is the middle of the night, several months later. The stage is dark except for a little light which comes through the skylight in Peter's room.
1. Everyone is in bed. Mr. and Mrs. Frank lie on the couch in the main room, which has been pulled out to serve as a makeshift double bed.
2. Margot is sleeping on a mattress on the flaor in the main room, behind a curtain stretched across for privacy. The others are all in their accustomed rooms.
3. From outside we hear two drunken soldiers singing "Lili Marlene." A girl's high giggle is heard. The sound of running feet is heard coming closer and then fading in the distance. Throughout the scene there is the distant sound of airplanes passing overhead.
5 A match suddenly flares up in the attic. We dimly see Mr. Van Daan. He is getting his bearings. He comes quickly down the stairs, and goes to the cupboard where the food is stored. Again the match flares up, and is as quickly blown out.
• The dim figure is seen to steal back up the stairs.
> There is quiet for a second or two, broken only by the sound of airplanes, and running feet on the street below.
& Suddenly, out of the silence and the dark, we hear Anne scream.]
• Anne. [Screaming] No! No! Don't... don't take me! 10 [She moans, tossing and crying in her sleep. The other people wake, terrified. Dussel sits up in bed, furious.)
1. Dussel. Shush! Anne! Anne, for God's sake, shush!
2. Anne. [Still in her nightmare] Save me! Save me!
3. 13
4. [She screams and screams. Dussel gets out of bed, going over to her, trying to wake her.]
5. 14 Dussel. For God's sake! Quiet! Quiet! You want someone to hear?
6. 15
7. [In the main room Mrs. Frank grabs a shawl and pulls it around her. She rushes in to Anne, taking her in her arms. Mr. Frank hurriedly gets up, putting on his overcoat. Margot sits up, terrified. Peter's light goes on in his room.]
8. 16 Mrs. Frank. [To Anne, in her room] Hush, darling, hush. It's all right. It's all right. [Over her shoulder to Dussel] Will you be kind enough to turn on the light, Mr. Dussel? [Back to Anne] It's nothing, my darling. It was just a dream.
17 [Dussel turns on the light in the bedroom. Mrs. Frank holds Anne in her arms. Gradually Anne comes out of her nightmare still trembling with horror. Mr. Frank comes into the room, and goes quickly to the window, looking out to be sure that no one outside has heard Anne's screams. Mrs. Frank holds Anne, talking softly to her. In the main room Margot stands on a chair, turning on the center hanging lamp. A light goes on in the Van Daans' room overhead. Peter puts his robe on, coming out of his room.]
1. Dussel. [To Mrs. Frank, blowing his nose] Something must be done about that child, Mrs. Frank. Yelling like that! Who knows but there's somebody on the streets? She's endangering all our lives.
2. Mrs. Frank. Anne, darling-
3. Dussel. Every night she twists and turns. I don't sleep. I spend half my night shushing her. And now it's nightmares!
4. [Margot comes to the door of Anne's room, followed by Peter. Mr. Frank goes to them, indicating that everything is all right. Peter takes Margot back.]
5. Mrs. Frank. [To Anne You're here, safe, you see? Nothing has happened. [To Dussel] Please, Mr. Dussel, go back to bed. She'Il be herself in a minute or two. Won't you, Anne?
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Dussel. [Picking up a book and a pillow] Thank you, but I'm going to the w.c. The one place where there's peace!
24 [He stalks out. Mr. Van Daan, in underwear and trousers, comes down the stairs.)
1. Mr. Van Daan. (To Dussell What is it? What happened?
2. Dussel. A nightmare. She was having a nightmare!
3. Mr. Van Daan. I thought someone was murdering her.
4. Dussel. Unfortunately, no.
2º [He goes into the bathroom. Mr. Van Daan goes back up the stairs.
Mr. Frank, in the main room, sends Peter back to his own bedroom.]
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Mr. Frank. Thank you, Peter. Go back to bed.
Peter goes back to his room. Mr. Frank follows him, turning out the light and looking out the window. Then he goes back to the main room, and gets up on a chair, turning out the center hanging lamp.]
Mrs. Frank. [To Anne] Would you like some water? (Anne shakes her hend.] Was it a very bad dream? Perhaps if you told me ...?
Anne. I'd rather not talk about it.
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Mrs. Frank. Poor darling. Try to sleep then. I'll sit right here beside you until you fall asleep. [She brings a stool over, sitting there.]
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Anne. You don't have to.
36 Mrs. Frank. But I'd like to stay with you... very much. Really.
3) Anne. I'd rather you didn't.
3в Mrs. Frank. Good night, then. [She leans down to kiss Anne.
Anne throws her arm up over her face, turning away. Mrs. Frank, hiding her hurt, kisses Anne's arm.] You'll be all right? There's nothing that you want?
1. Anne. Will you please ask Father to come.
2. Mrs. Frank. [After a second] Of course, Anne dear. [She hurries out into the other room. Mr. Frank comes to her as she comes in.] Sie verlangt nach Dir!"
3. Mr. Frank. [Sensing her hurt] Edith, Liebe, schau*
4. Mrs. Frank. Es macht nichts! Ich danke dem lieben Herrgott, dass sie sich wenigstens an Dich wendet, wenn sie Trost braucht! Geh hinein, Otto, sie ist ganz hysterisch vor Angst.? [As Mr. Frank hesitates] Geh zu thr.? [He looks at her for a second and then goes to get a cup of water for Anne. Mrs. Frank sinks down on the bed, her face in her hands, trying to keep from sobbing aloud. Margot comes over to her, putting her arms around her.] She wants nothing of me. She pulled away when I leaned down to kiss her.
5. Margot. It's a phase... You heard Father... Most girls go through it... they turn to their fathers at this age... they give all their love to their fathers.
6. Mrs. Frank. You weren't like this. You didn't shut me out.
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Margot. She'll get over it ...
« She smooths the bed for Mrs. Frank and sits beside her a moment as Mrs. Frank lies down. In Anne's room Mr. Frank comes in, sitting down by Anne. Anne flings her arms around him, clinging to him. In the distance we hear the sound of ack-ack.]
1. Anne. Oh, Pim. I dreamed that they came to get us! The Green Police! They broke down the door and grabbed me and started to drag me out the way they did Jopie.
2. Mr. Frank. I want you to take this pill.
‹ Anne. What is it?
50 Mr. Frank. Something to quiet you.
51 [She takes it and drinks the water. In the main room Margot turns out the light and goes back to her bed.]
1. Mr. Frank. [To Anne] Do you want me to read to you for a while?
2. Anne. No. Just sit with me for a minute. Was I awful? Did I yell terribly loud? Do you think anyone outside could have heard?
sa Mr. Frank. No. No. Lie quietly now. Try to sleep.
55 Anne. I'm a terrible coward. I'm so disappointed in myself. I think I've conquered my fear... I think I'm really grownup... and then something happens... and I run to you like a baby... I love you, Father. I don't love anyone but you.
55 Mr. Frank. [Reproachfully) Annele!
57 Anne. It's true. I've been thinking about it for a long time. You're the only one I love.
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Mr. Frank. It's fine to hear you tell me that you love me. But I'd be happier if you said you loved your mother as well ...
She needs your help so much... your love...
57 Anne. We have nothing in common. She doesn't understand me. Whenever I try to explain my views on life to her she asks me if I'm constipated. Mr. Frank. You hurt her very much just now. She's crying. She's in there crying.
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Anne. I can't help it. I only told the truth. I didn't want her here... [Then, with sudden change) Oh, Pim, I was horrible, wasn't I? And the worst of it is, I can stand off and look at myself doing it and know it's cruel and yet I can't stop doing it. What's the matter with me? Tell me. Don't say it's just a phase! Help me.
Mr. Frank. There is so little that we parents can do to help our children. We can only try to set a good example... point the way. The rest you must do yourself. You must build your own character.
Anne. I'm trying. Really 1 am. Every night I think back over all of the things I did that day that were wrong... like putting the wet mop in Mr. Dussel's bed... and this thing now with Mother. I say to myself, that was wrong. I make up my mind, I'm never going to do that again. Never! Of course I may do something worse... but at least I'll never do that again! ... I have a nicer side, Father... a sweeter, nicer side.
But I'm scared to show it. I'm afraid that people are going to laugh at me if I'm serious. So the mean Anne comes to the outside and the good Anne stays on the inside, and I keep on trying to switch them around and have the good Anne® outside and the bad Anne inside and be what I'd like to be ... and might be... if only ... only - --
[She is asleep. Mr. Frank watches her for a moment and then turns off the light, and starts out. The lights dim out. The curtain falls on the scene. Anne's Voice is heard dimly at first, and then with growing strength.]
65 Anne's Voice... The air raids are getting worse. They come over day and night. The noise is terrifying. Pim says it should be music to our ears. The more planes, the sooner will come the end of the war. Mrs. Van Dan pretends to be a fatalist.
What will be, will be. But when the planes come over, who is the most frightened? No one else but Petronella! ... Monday, the ninth of November, nineteen forty-two. Wonderful news!
The Allies have landed in Africa. Pim says that we can look for an early finish to the war. Just for fun he asked each of us what was the first thing we wanted to do when we got out of here. Mrs. Van Daan longs to be home with her own things, her needlepoint chairs, the Beckstein piano her father gave her... the best that money could buy. Peter would like to go to a movie. Mr. Dussel wants to get back to his dentist's drill.
He's afraid he is losing his touch. For myself, there are so many things ... to ride a bike again... to laugh till my belly aches... to have new clothes from the skin out... to have a hot tub filled to overflowing and wallow in it for hours... to be back in school with my friends ...
« [As the last lines are being said, the curtain rises on the scene. The
lights dim on as Anne's Voice fades away.]
a-What is significant about the nightmares that Anne is having?
b-Which parent does Anne run to for comfort and why?
1. Everyone is in bed. Mr. and Mrs. Frank lie on the couch in the main room, which has been pulled out to serve as a makeshift double bed.
2. Margot is sleeping on a mattress on the flaor in the main room, behind a curtain stretched across for privacy. The others are all in their accustomed rooms.
3. From outside we hear two drunken soldiers singing "Lili Marlene." A girl's high giggle is heard. The sound of running feet is heard coming closer and then fading in the distance. Throughout the scene there is the distant sound of airplanes passing overhead.
5 A match suddenly flares up in the attic. We dimly see Mr. Van Daan. He is getting his bearings. He comes quickly down the stairs, and goes to the cupboard where the food is stored. Again the match flares up, and is as quickly blown out.
• The dim figure is seen to steal back up the stairs.
> There is quiet for a second or two, broken only by the sound of airplanes, and running feet on the street below.
& Suddenly, out of the silence and the dark, we hear Anne scream.]
• Anne. [Screaming] No! No! Don't... don't take me! 10 [She moans, tossing and crying in her sleep. The other people wake, terrified. Dussel sits up in bed, furious.)
1. Dussel. Shush! Anne! Anne, for God's sake, shush!
2. Anne. [Still in her nightmare] Save me! Save me!
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4. [She screams and screams. Dussel gets out of bed, going over to her, trying to wake her.]
5. 14 Dussel. For God's sake! Quiet! Quiet! You want someone to hear?
6. 15
7. [In the main room Mrs. Frank grabs a shawl and pulls it around her. She rushes in to Anne, taking her in her arms. Mr. Frank hurriedly gets up, putting on his overcoat. Margot sits up, terrified. Peter's light goes on in his room.]
8. 16 Mrs. Frank. [To Anne, in her room] Hush, darling, hush. It's all right. It's all right. [Over her shoulder to Dussel] Will you be kind enough to turn on the light, Mr. Dussel? [Back to Anne] It's nothing, my darling. It was just a dream.
17 [Dussel turns on the light in the bedroom. Mrs. Frank holds Anne in her arms. Gradually Anne comes out of her nightmare still trembling with horror. Mr. Frank comes into the room, and goes quickly to the window, looking out to be sure that no one outside has heard Anne's screams. Mrs. Frank holds Anne, talking softly to her. In the main room Margot stands on a chair, turning on the center hanging lamp. A light goes on in the Van Daans' room overhead. Peter puts his robe on, coming out of his room.]
1. Dussel. [To Mrs. Frank, blowing his nose] Something must be done about that child, Mrs. Frank. Yelling like that! Who knows but there's somebody on the streets? She's endangering all our lives.
2. Mrs. Frank. Anne, darling-
3. Dussel. Every night she twists and turns. I don't sleep. I spend half my night shushing her. And now it's nightmares!
4. [Margot comes to the door of Anne's room, followed by Peter. Mr. Frank goes to them, indicating that everything is all right. Peter takes Margot back.]
5. Mrs. Frank. [To Anne You're here, safe, you see? Nothing has happened. [To Dussel] Please, Mr. Dussel, go back to bed. She'Il be herself in a minute or two. Won't you, Anne?
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Dussel. [Picking up a book and a pillow] Thank you, but I'm going to the w.c. The one place where there's peace!
24 [He stalks out. Mr. Van Daan, in underwear and trousers, comes down the stairs.)
1. Mr. Van Daan. (To Dussell What is it? What happened?
2. Dussel. A nightmare. She was having a nightmare!
3. Mr. Van Daan. I thought someone was murdering her.
4. Dussel. Unfortunately, no.
2º [He goes into the bathroom. Mr. Van Daan goes back up the stairs.
Mr. Frank, in the main room, sends Peter back to his own bedroom.]
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Mr. Frank. Thank you, Peter. Go back to bed.
Peter goes back to his room. Mr. Frank follows him, turning out the light and looking out the window. Then he goes back to the main room, and gets up on a chair, turning out the center hanging lamp.]
Mrs. Frank. [To Anne] Would you like some water? (Anne shakes her hend.] Was it a very bad dream? Perhaps if you told me ...?
Anne. I'd rather not talk about it.
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Mrs. Frank. Poor darling. Try to sleep then. I'll sit right here beside you until you fall asleep. [She brings a stool over, sitting there.]
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Anne. You don't have to.
36 Mrs. Frank. But I'd like to stay with you... very much. Really.
3) Anne. I'd rather you didn't.
3в Mrs. Frank. Good night, then. [She leans down to kiss Anne.
Anne throws her arm up over her face, turning away. Mrs. Frank, hiding her hurt, kisses Anne's arm.] You'll be all right? There's nothing that you want?
1. Anne. Will you please ask Father to come.
2. Mrs. Frank. [After a second] Of course, Anne dear. [She hurries out into the other room. Mr. Frank comes to her as she comes in.] Sie verlangt nach Dir!"
3. Mr. Frank. [Sensing her hurt] Edith, Liebe, schau*
4. Mrs. Frank. Es macht nichts! Ich danke dem lieben Herrgott, dass sie sich wenigstens an Dich wendet, wenn sie Trost braucht! Geh hinein, Otto, sie ist ganz hysterisch vor Angst.? [As Mr. Frank hesitates] Geh zu thr.? [He looks at her for a second and then goes to get a cup of water for Anne. Mrs. Frank sinks down on the bed, her face in her hands, trying to keep from sobbing aloud. Margot comes over to her, putting her arms around her.] She wants nothing of me. She pulled away when I leaned down to kiss her.
5. Margot. It's a phase... You heard Father... Most girls go through it... they turn to their fathers at this age... they give all their love to their fathers.
6. Mrs. Frank. You weren't like this. You didn't shut me out.
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Margot. She'll get over it ...
« She smooths the bed for Mrs. Frank and sits beside her a moment as Mrs. Frank lies down. In Anne's room Mr. Frank comes in, sitting down by Anne. Anne flings her arms around him, clinging to him. In the distance we hear the sound of ack-ack.]
1. Anne. Oh, Pim. I dreamed that they came to get us! The Green Police! They broke down the door and grabbed me and started to drag me out the way they did Jopie.
2. Mr. Frank. I want you to take this pill.
‹ Anne. What is it?
50 Mr. Frank. Something to quiet you.
51 [She takes it and drinks the water. In the main room Margot turns out the light and goes back to her bed.]
1. Mr. Frank. [To Anne] Do you want me to read to you for a while?
2. Anne. No. Just sit with me for a minute. Was I awful? Did I yell terribly loud? Do you think anyone outside could have heard?
sa Mr. Frank. No. No. Lie quietly now. Try to sleep.
55 Anne. I'm a terrible coward. I'm so disappointed in myself. I think I've conquered my fear... I think I'm really grownup... and then something happens... and I run to you like a baby... I love you, Father. I don't love anyone but you.
55 Mr. Frank. [Reproachfully) Annele!
57 Anne. It's true. I've been thinking about it for a long time. You're the only one I love.
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Mr. Frank. It's fine to hear you tell me that you love me. But I'd be happier if you said you loved your mother as well ...
She needs your help so much... your love...
57 Anne. We have nothing in common. She doesn't understand me. Whenever I try to explain my views on life to her she asks me if I'm constipated. Mr. Frank. You hurt her very much just now. She's crying. She's in there crying.
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Anne. I can't help it. I only told the truth. I didn't want her here... [Then, with sudden change) Oh, Pim, I was horrible, wasn't I? And the worst of it is, I can stand off and look at myself doing it and know it's cruel and yet I can't stop doing it. What's the matter with me? Tell me. Don't say it's just a phase! Help me.
Mr. Frank. There is so little that we parents can do to help our children. We can only try to set a good example... point the way. The rest you must do yourself. You must build your own character.
Anne. I'm trying. Really 1 am. Every night I think back over all of the things I did that day that were wrong... like putting the wet mop in Mr. Dussel's bed... and this thing now with Mother. I say to myself, that was wrong. I make up my mind, I'm never going to do that again. Never! Of course I may do something worse... but at least I'll never do that again! ... I have a nicer side, Father... a sweeter, nicer side.
But I'm scared to show it. I'm afraid that people are going to laugh at me if I'm serious. So the mean Anne comes to the outside and the good Anne stays on the inside, and I keep on trying to switch them around and have the good Anne® outside and the bad Anne inside and be what I'd like to be ... and might be... if only ... only - --
[She is asleep. Mr. Frank watches her for a moment and then turns off the light, and starts out. The lights dim out. The curtain falls on the scene. Anne's Voice is heard dimly at first, and then with growing strength.]
65 Anne's Voice... The air raids are getting worse. They come over day and night. The noise is terrifying. Pim says it should be music to our ears. The more planes, the sooner will come the end of the war. Mrs. Van Dan pretends to be a fatalist.
What will be, will be. But when the planes come over, who is the most frightened? No one else but Petronella! ... Monday, the ninth of November, nineteen forty-two. Wonderful news!
The Allies have landed in Africa. Pim says that we can look for an early finish to the war. Just for fun he asked each of us what was the first thing we wanted to do when we got out of here. Mrs. Van Daan longs to be home with her own things, her needlepoint chairs, the Beckstein piano her father gave her... the best that money could buy. Peter would like to go to a movie. Mr. Dussel wants to get back to his dentist's drill.
He's afraid he is losing his touch. For myself, there are so many things ... to ride a bike again... to laugh till my belly aches... to have new clothes from the skin out... to have a hot tub filled to overflowing and wallow in it for hours... to be back in school with my friends ...
« [As the last lines are being said, the curtain rises on the scene. The
lights dim on as Anne's Voice fades away.]
a-What is significant about the nightmares that Anne is having?
b-Which parent does Anne run to for comfort and why?
a- The nightmares that Anne is having are significant as they reflect the deep fear and anxiety she is experiencing while in hiding. Her nightmares are a manifestation of the constant danger and uncertainty they are facing, as well as the emotional turmoil she is internally struggling with. They show how the stress of their situation is affecting Anne's mental and emotional well-being, highlighting the psychological impact of being confined and in constant fear.
b- Anne runs to her father, Mr. Frank, for comfort. This choice reflects the close bond between Anne and her father, as well as her feelings of trust and security towards him. Anne's love and affection towards her father are evident in her words, expressing that he is the only one she loves. Despite the strained relationship with her mother, Anne seeks comfort and reassurance from her father, feeling a sense of understanding and connection with him that she might not feel with her mother.
b- Anne runs to her father, Mr. Frank, for comfort. This choice reflects the close bond between Anne and her father, as well as her feelings of trust and security towards him. Anne's love and affection towards her father are evident in her words, expressing that he is the only one she loves. Despite the strained relationship with her mother, Anne seeks comfort and reassurance from her father, feeling a sense of understanding and connection with him that she might not feel with her mother.
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Mr. Van Daan. Go! Go!
126 Mrs. Van Daan. You're not going and the cat's not going!
Now please... this is Hanukkah ... Hanukkah... this is the time to celebrate.. What's the matter with all of you? Come on, Anne. Let's have the song.
127
Anne. [Singing)
"Oh, Hanukkah! Oh, Hanukkah! The sweet celebration."
128
Mr. Frank. [Rising] I think we should first blow out the candle... then we'll have something for tomorrow night.
129
Margot. But, Father, you're supposed to let it burn itself out.
130 Mr. Frank. I'm sure that God understands shortages. [Before blowing it out] "Praised be Thou, oh Lord our God, who hast sustained us and permitted us to celebrate this joyous festival."
131
[He is about to blow out the candle when suddenly there is a crash of something falling below. They all freeze in horror, motionless. For a few seconds there is complete silence. Mr. Frank slips off his shoes. The others noiselessly follow his example. Mr. Frank turns out a light near him. He motions to Peter to turn off the center lamp. Peter tries to reach it, realizes he cannot and gets up on a chair. Just as he is touching the lamp he loses his balance. The chair goes out from under him. He falls. The iron lamp shade crashes to the floor. There is a sound of feet below, running down the stairs.) Mr. Van Daan. [Under his breath] God Almighty! [The only light left comes from the Hanukkah candle. Dussel comes from his room. Mr. Frank creeps over to the stairwell and stands listening.
The dog is heard barking excitedly.] Do you hear anything?
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Mr. Frank. [In a whisper] No. I think they've gone.
134 Mrs. Van Daan. It's the Green Police. They've found us.
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Mr. Frank. If they had, they wouldn't have left. They'd be up here by now
Mrs. Van Daan. I know it's the Green Police. They've gone to get help. That's all. They'll be back!
•
Mr. Van Daan. Or it may have been the Gestapo, looking for papers ...
Mr. Frank. [Interrupting] Or a thief, looking for money.
1. Mrs. Van Daan. We've got to do something ... Quick! Quick! Before they come back.
2. Mr. Van Daan. There isn't anything to do. Just wait.
141 [Mr. Frank holds up his hand for them to be quiet. He is listening intently. There is complete silence as they all strain to hear any sound from below. Suddenly Anne begins to sway. With a low cry she falls to the floor in a faint. Mrs. Frank goes to her quickly, sitting beside her on the floor and taking her in her arms.] Mrs. Frank. Get some water, please! Get some water!
1a3 [Margot starts for the sink.)
144 Mr. Van Daan. [Grabbing Margot] No! No! No one's going to run water! Mr. Frank. If they've found us, they've found us. Get the water. [Margot starts again for the sink. Mr. Frank, getting a flashlight] I'm going down.
146
(Margot rushes to him, clinging to him. Anne struggles to consciousness.
147 Margot. No, Father, no! There may be someone there, waiting ... It may be a trap!
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Mr. Frank. This is Saturday. There is no way for us to know what has happened until Miep or Mr. Kraler comes on Monday morning. We cannot live with this uncertainty.
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Margot. Don't go, Father!
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Mrs. Frank. Hush, darling, hush. [Mr. Frank slips quietly out, down the steps and out through the door below.] Margot! Stay close to me. [Margot goes to her mother.]
1. Mr. Van Daan. Shush! Shush!
2. Mrs. Frank whispers to Margot to get the water. Margot goes for it.]
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Mrs. Van Daan. Putti, where's our money? Get our money. I hear you can buy the Green Police off, so much a head. Go upstairs quick! Get the money!
154
Mr. Van Daan. Keep still!
Mrs. Van Daan. [Kneeling before him, pleading] Do you want to be dragged off to a concentration camp? Are you going to stand there and wait for them to come up and get you? Do something, I tell you!
Mr. Van Daan. [Pushing her aside] Will you keep still!
He goes over to the stairwell to listen. Peter goes to his mother, helping her up onto the sofa. There is a second of silence, then Anne can stand it no longer.]
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Anne. Someone go after Father! Make Father come back!*
1. Peter. [Starting for the door] 1'11 go.
2. Mr. Van Daan. Haven't you done enough?
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[He pushes Peter roughly away. In his anger against his father Peter grabs a chair as if to hit him with it, then puts it down, burying his face in his hands. Mrs. Frank begins to pray softly.]
162
Anne. Please, please, Mr. Van Daan. Get Father.
163
Mr. Van Daan. Quiet! Quiet!
164
[Anne is shocked into silence. Mrs. Frank pulls her closer, holding her protéctively in her arms.]
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Mrs. Frank. [Softly, praying] "I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved... He that keepeth thee will not slumber..."
16 [She stops as she hears someone coming. They all watch the door tensely. Mr. Frank comes quietly in. Anne rushes to him, holding him tight.]
157 Mr. Frank. It was a thief. That noise must have scared him away.
1. Mrs. Van Daan. Thank God.
2. Mr. Frank. He took the cash box. And the radio. He ran away in such a hurry that he didn't stop to shut the street door. It was swinging wide open. [A breath of relief sweeps over them.] I think it would be good to have some light.
170
Margot. Are you sure it's all right?
171
Mr. Frank. The danger has passed. [Margot goes to light the small lamp.] Don't be so terrified, Anne. We're safe.
172 Dussel. Who says the danger has passed? Don t you realize we are in greater danger than ever?
173
Mr. Frank. Mr. Dussel, will you be still!
174 [Mr. Frank takes Anne back to the table, making her sit down with him, trying to calm her.]
175
Dussel. [Pointing to Peter] Thanks to this clumsy fool, there's someone now who knows we're up here! Someone now knows we're up here, hiding!
176
Mrs. Van Daan. [Going to Dussel] Someone knows we're here, yes. But who is the someone? A thief! A thief! You think
a thief is going to go to the Green Police and say ... I was robbing a place the other night and I heard a noise up over my head? You think a thief is going to do that?
Dussel. Yes. I think he will.
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Mrs. Van Daan. [Hysterically] You're crazy!
179
[She stumbles back to her seat at the table. Peter follows protectively, pushing Dussel aside.]
Dussel. I think some day he'll be caught and then he'll make a bargain with the Green Police... If they'll let him off, he'll tell them where some Jews are hiding!
181 [He goes off into the bedroom. There is a second of appalled silence.]
1. Mr. Van Daan. He's right.
2. Anne. Father, let's get out of here! We can't stay here now ... Let's go...
194 Mr. Van Daan. Go! Where?
1. Mrs. Frank. [Sinking into her chair at the table] Yes. Where?
2. Mr. Frank. [Rising, to them all] Have we lost all faith? All courage? A moment ago we thought that they'd come for us. We were sure it was the end. But it wasn't the end. We're alive, safe. [Mr. Van Daan goes to the table and sits. Mr. Frank prays.] "We thank Thee, oh Lord our God, that in Thy infinite mercy Thou hast again seen fit to spare us." [He blows out the candle, then turns to Anne.] Come on, Anne. The song! Let's have the song!
[He starts to sing. Anne finally starts falteringly to sing, as Mr. Frank urges her on. Her voice is hardly audible at first.)
Anne. [Singing]
"Oh, Hanukkah! Oh, Hanukkah! The sweet... celebration..
."
As she goes on singing, the others gradually join in, their voices still shaking with fear. Mrs. Van Daan sobs as she sings.]
Group. Around the feast ...
we... gather
In complete... jubilation ...
Happiest of sea... sons
Now is here.
Many are the reasons for good cheer.
[Dussel comes from the bedroom. He comes over to the table, standing beside Margot, listening to them as they sing.]
"Together
We'll weather
Whatever tomorrow may bring."
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[As they sing on with growing courage, the lights start to dim.]
195 "So hear us rejoicing And merrily voicing
The Hanukkah song that we sing.
Hoy!"
196
[The lights are out. The curtain starts slowly to fall.]
197 "Hear us rejoicing
And merrily voicing
The Hanukkah song that we sing."
198
[They are still singing, as the curtain falls.]
What event happens toward the end of Act I that causes the family to fear being discovered?
Mr. Van Daan. Go! Go!
126 Mrs. Van Daan. You're not going and the cat's not going!
Now please... this is Hanukkah ... Hanukkah... this is the time to celebrate.. What's the matter with all of you? Come on, Anne. Let's have the song.
127
Anne. [Singing)
"Oh, Hanukkah! Oh, Hanukkah! The sweet celebration."
128
Mr. Frank. [Rising] I think we should first blow out the candle... then we'll have something for tomorrow night.
129
Margot. But, Father, you're supposed to let it burn itself out.
130 Mr. Frank. I'm sure that God understands shortages. [Before blowing it out] "Praised be Thou, oh Lord our God, who hast sustained us and permitted us to celebrate this joyous festival."
131
[He is about to blow out the candle when suddenly there is a crash of something falling below. They all freeze in horror, motionless. For a few seconds there is complete silence. Mr. Frank slips off his shoes. The others noiselessly follow his example. Mr. Frank turns out a light near him. He motions to Peter to turn off the center lamp. Peter tries to reach it, realizes he cannot and gets up on a chair. Just as he is touching the lamp he loses his balance. The chair goes out from under him. He falls. The iron lamp shade crashes to the floor. There is a sound of feet below, running down the stairs.) Mr. Van Daan. [Under his breath] God Almighty! [The only light left comes from the Hanukkah candle. Dussel comes from his room. Mr. Frank creeps over to the stairwell and stands listening.
The dog is heard barking excitedly.] Do you hear anything?
133
Mr. Frank. [In a whisper] No. I think they've gone.
134 Mrs. Van Daan. It's the Green Police. They've found us.
138
Mr. Frank. If they had, they wouldn't have left. They'd be up here by now
Mrs. Van Daan. I know it's the Green Police. They've gone to get help. That's all. They'll be back!
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Mr. Van Daan. Or it may have been the Gestapo, looking for papers ...
Mr. Frank. [Interrupting] Or a thief, looking for money.
1. Mrs. Van Daan. We've got to do something ... Quick! Quick! Before they come back.
2. Mr. Van Daan. There isn't anything to do. Just wait.
141 [Mr. Frank holds up his hand for them to be quiet. He is listening intently. There is complete silence as they all strain to hear any sound from below. Suddenly Anne begins to sway. With a low cry she falls to the floor in a faint. Mrs. Frank goes to her quickly, sitting beside her on the floor and taking her in her arms.] Mrs. Frank. Get some water, please! Get some water!
1a3 [Margot starts for the sink.)
144 Mr. Van Daan. [Grabbing Margot] No! No! No one's going to run water! Mr. Frank. If they've found us, they've found us. Get the water. [Margot starts again for the sink. Mr. Frank, getting a flashlight] I'm going down.
146
(Margot rushes to him, clinging to him. Anne struggles to consciousness.
147 Margot. No, Father, no! There may be someone there, waiting ... It may be a trap!
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Mr. Frank. This is Saturday. There is no way for us to know what has happened until Miep or Mr. Kraler comes on Monday morning. We cannot live with this uncertainty.
149
Margot. Don't go, Father!
150
Mrs. Frank. Hush, darling, hush. [Mr. Frank slips quietly out, down the steps and out through the door below.] Margot! Stay close to me. [Margot goes to her mother.]
1. Mr. Van Daan. Shush! Shush!
2. Mrs. Frank whispers to Margot to get the water. Margot goes for it.]
153
Mrs. Van Daan. Putti, where's our money? Get our money. I hear you can buy the Green Police off, so much a head. Go upstairs quick! Get the money!
154
Mr. Van Daan. Keep still!
Mrs. Van Daan. [Kneeling before him, pleading] Do you want to be dragged off to a concentration camp? Are you going to stand there and wait for them to come up and get you? Do something, I tell you!
Mr. Van Daan. [Pushing her aside] Will you keep still!
He goes over to the stairwell to listen. Peter goes to his mother, helping her up onto the sofa. There is a second of silence, then Anne can stand it no longer.]
158
Anne. Someone go after Father! Make Father come back!*
1. Peter. [Starting for the door] 1'11 go.
2. Mr. Van Daan. Haven't you done enough?
161
[He pushes Peter roughly away. In his anger against his father Peter grabs a chair as if to hit him with it, then puts it down, burying his face in his hands. Mrs. Frank begins to pray softly.]
162
Anne. Please, please, Mr. Van Daan. Get Father.
163
Mr. Van Daan. Quiet! Quiet!
164
[Anne is shocked into silence. Mrs. Frank pulls her closer, holding her protéctively in her arms.]
165
Mrs. Frank. [Softly, praying] "I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved... He that keepeth thee will not slumber..."
16 [She stops as she hears someone coming. They all watch the door tensely. Mr. Frank comes quietly in. Anne rushes to him, holding him tight.]
157 Mr. Frank. It was a thief. That noise must have scared him away.
1. Mrs. Van Daan. Thank God.
2. Mr. Frank. He took the cash box. And the radio. He ran away in such a hurry that he didn't stop to shut the street door. It was swinging wide open. [A breath of relief sweeps over them.] I think it would be good to have some light.
170
Margot. Are you sure it's all right?
171
Mr. Frank. The danger has passed. [Margot goes to light the small lamp.] Don't be so terrified, Anne. We're safe.
172 Dussel. Who says the danger has passed? Don t you realize we are in greater danger than ever?
173
Mr. Frank. Mr. Dussel, will you be still!
174 [Mr. Frank takes Anne back to the table, making her sit down with him, trying to calm her.]
175
Dussel. [Pointing to Peter] Thanks to this clumsy fool, there's someone now who knows we're up here! Someone now knows we're up here, hiding!
176
Mrs. Van Daan. [Going to Dussel] Someone knows we're here, yes. But who is the someone? A thief! A thief! You think
a thief is going to go to the Green Police and say ... I was robbing a place the other night and I heard a noise up over my head? You think a thief is going to do that?
Dussel. Yes. I think he will.
178
Mrs. Van Daan. [Hysterically] You're crazy!
179
[She stumbles back to her seat at the table. Peter follows protectively, pushing Dussel aside.]
Dussel. I think some day he'll be caught and then he'll make a bargain with the Green Police... If they'll let him off, he'll tell them where some Jews are hiding!
181 [He goes off into the bedroom. There is a second of appalled silence.]
1. Mr. Van Daan. He's right.
2. Anne. Father, let's get out of here! We can't stay here now ... Let's go...
194 Mr. Van Daan. Go! Where?
1. Mrs. Frank. [Sinking into her chair at the table] Yes. Where?
2. Mr. Frank. [Rising, to them all] Have we lost all faith? All courage? A moment ago we thought that they'd come for us. We were sure it was the end. But it wasn't the end. We're alive, safe. [Mr. Van Daan goes to the table and sits. Mr. Frank prays.] "We thank Thee, oh Lord our God, that in Thy infinite mercy Thou hast again seen fit to spare us." [He blows out the candle, then turns to Anne.] Come on, Anne. The song! Let's have the song!
[He starts to sing. Anne finally starts falteringly to sing, as Mr. Frank urges her on. Her voice is hardly audible at first.)
Anne. [Singing]
"Oh, Hanukkah! Oh, Hanukkah! The sweet... celebration..
."
As she goes on singing, the others gradually join in, their voices still shaking with fear. Mrs. Van Daan sobs as she sings.]
Group. Around the feast ...
we... gather
In complete... jubilation ...
Happiest of sea... sons
Now is here.
Many are the reasons for good cheer.
[Dussel comes from the bedroom. He comes over to the table, standing beside Margot, listening to them as they sing.]
"Together
We'll weather
Whatever tomorrow may bring."
194
[As they sing on with growing courage, the lights start to dim.]
195 "So hear us rejoicing And merrily voicing
The Hanukkah song that we sing.
Hoy!"
196
[The lights are out. The curtain starts slowly to fall.]
197 "Hear us rejoicing
And merrily voicing
The Hanukkah song that we sing."
198
[They are still singing, as the curtain falls.]
What event happens toward the end of Act I that causes the family to fear being discovered?
Towards the end of Act I, an event happens where there is a crash of something falling below, followed by a series of noises that startle and terrify the residents of the annex. As they freeze in horror, Mr. Frank takes precautions by slipping off his shoes, turning off lights, and being vigilant for any signs of danger. The noise and subsequent commotion lead to anxiety and fear among the hiding families, as they believe they may have been discovered by the Green Police or the Gestapo. The uncertainty and danger they feel during this event cause panic and concern, particularly when a thief is discovered to have been in the building. This event leads to heightened tension and fear among the residents in the annex, creating a sense of imminent danger and need for caution.