Betower – Die drama – Fanie Viljoen
Opsommings
Bedryf 1 / Act 1:
• Opsomming: Bedryf 1:
• Ruimte:
• Hoërskool Magoebaskloof
• Klas
• Nadia se eerste dag by ʼn nuwe skool
• (Hoërskool Magoebaskloof).
• Sy is onseker en bang.
• Sy wil nie in die nuwe plek wees nie.
• Joy tree as ʼn verteller op
• Maar is ook ʼn karakter in die drama.
• Nadia dra ʼn geheim in haar rond en dit pla
haar.
• (intrige en spanning)
• ʼn Vreemde seun (Poenk) storm verby haar
en verloor sy penneblikkie.
• Later gee Nadia dit vir Poenk terug.
• Ons ontmoet vir Gervan (hy ontwrig die
klas/is ʼn boelie).
• Poenk is ʼn dagdromer (in die klas).
• Nadia se ma bel nie om uit te vind oor
haar nie, maar Nadia is bekommerd oor
haar ma.
• Nadia vertrou nie mense nie, want sy’t
haar ma vertrou en die vertroue is
geskend.
• Poenk dra ook ʼn geheim in hom rond.
• Na skool volg Nadia vir Poenk na sy “huis”
toe – hy gaan bos toe
• Summary: Act 1
• Setting:
• Hoërskool Magoebaskloof
• Class
• It is Nadia’s first day at her new school
• Hoërskool Magoebaskloof
• She is insecure, unsure and scared
• She doesn’t want to be in the new school
or in the new environment
• Joy is partially a narrator
• She is also a character in the drama
• Nadia is carrying around a secret and it is
bothering her
• This makes up the plot and adds to the
suspense
• A strange boy (Poenk) runs past her and
drops his pencil case
• Later on, Nadia gives the pencil case
back to Poenk
• We meet Gervan, he is the school bully
and he disrupts the class
• Poenk is a day dreamer (in class)
• Nadia’s mother doesn’t phone to find out
if she is okay, although Nadia is worried
about her mother
• Nadia doesn’t trust poeple, because she
once trusted her mother and she broke
her trust
• Poenk also carries a secret around
• After school Nadia “follows” Poenk home
– he goes to the bush
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Opsommings
Bedryf 2 / Act 2:
Opsomming: Bedryf 2
• Ruimtes:
• Bos
• Ouma se huis
• Skool
• Nadia volg (follows) Poenk na die
bos, maar hy verdwyn (vanishes)
geheimsinnig (mysteriously).
• NB Poenk word een met die bos.
• Nadia se ma het haar met notas
en geld teen die yskas
grootgemaak.
• Nadia praat oor Armand wat haar
kwansuis (supposedly) liefgehad
het.
• Poenk verskyn (appear) in ʼn
droom aan Nadia.
• Gervan boelie vir Poenk by die
skool. (Nadia sien dit)
• Nadia se ma sê sy kom kuier,
maar daag nooit op nie.( Arrives)
• Nadia gaan terug bos toe.
• Sy sien klein klippies op die grond
wat ʼn roete aandui wat sy kan
volg.
• Poenk lyk amper soos ʼn voël wat
vlieg terwyl hy deur die bos
beweeg. (simboliek is belangrik
hier)
• By die skool val (attacks) Gervan
vir Poenk aan.
• Kontras tussen Nadia en Joy t.o.v.
ouens (boy friends) en
verhoudings.
• Poenk kom nie terug na die klas
na pouse nie.
• Nadia wil sy sak inhandig, maar
dan daag hy weer op. (he returns)
Summary: Act 2
• Setting:
• Bush
• Ouma’s house
• School
• Nadia follows Poenk to the bush,
but he vanishes mysteriously
• Poenk becomes one with the bush
• Nadia’s mother raised her using
sticky notes and money behind a
magnet on the fridge
• Nadia talks about Armand, who
supposedly, loved her
• Poenk appears in a dream to
Nadia
• Gervan bullies (threatens) Poenk
at school. Nadia sees this.
• Nadia’s mother phoned and said
she is going to come and visit, but
she never arrives
• Nadia goes back to the bush
• She sees little rocks creating a
trail for her to follow
• Poenk almost looks like a bird that
flies as he is running through the
bush. It symbolises that Poenk is
free and one with the bush.
• At school Gervan attacks Poenk.
• There is a contrast between Joy &
Nadia regarding boyfriends and
relationships
• Poenk doesn’t come back to class
after break
• Nadia wants to hand in his bag,
when he returns again
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Opsommings
Bedryf 3 / Act 3:
Opsomming: Bedryf 3
• Ruimte:
• Bos
• Ouma se huis
• Nadia kry ʼn brief van haar ma,
maar wil dit nie oopmaak nie.
• Poenk verskyn op ʼn magiese
manier in haar kamer.
• Poenk wys na ʼn stuk glas.
• Nadia lees op die glas dat dit
liefde, hoop en geloof
verteenwoordig. (represents)
• Nadia gaan weer na die bos toe
en vat gemmerkoekies saam, en
sien dat Poenk met ʼn padda (frog)
praat.
• Nadia verdwaal, maar kry ʼn
paadjie wat met
gemmerkoekiekrummels aangedui
is.
• Nadia se ma daag onverwags op.
• Nadia se geheim kom gedeeltelik
uit.
• Sy gee die onoopgemaakte brief
(unopened letter) aan haar ma
terug.
Summary: Act 3
• Setting:
• Bush
• Ouma’s house
• Nadia gets a letter from her
mother, but she doesn’t want to
open it
• Poenk appears in a magical way
in her room
• Poenk is gestruing / referring to
the piece of glass
• Nadia reads on the piece of glass
that it represents hope, love and
faith
• Nadia goes back to the bush and
takes ginger biscuits with her, she
sees Poenk talking to a frog.
• Nadia gets los tand finds a path
out of the bush that is indicated
with ginger biscuit crumbs
• Nadia’s mother showed up
unexpectedly
• Nadia’s secret starts to come out
• She gives the unopened letter
back to her mother.
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Opsommings
Bedryf 4 / Act 4:
Opsomming: Bedryf 4
• Ruimte:
• By die skool & In die bos
• Poenk eet ontbyt wat hy by die
skool se voedingprojek gekry het.
• Nadia gee ʼn sakkie
gemmerkoekies vir Poenk.
• Gervan gooi Poenk se bord kos
uit. (boelie)
• Daardie middag vat Poenk vir
Nadia na die bos toe.
• Poenk wys vir Nadia die
verskillende skakerings van groen
in die bos – elkeen het ʼn emosie
aan gekoppel.
• Hy wys vir haar paddaeiers en laat
haar daaraan ruik.
• Nadia begin die mooi in dinge
raaksien.
• Hy wys vir haar die
Persdrolpeerboom.
• Nadia vra hom waar hy vandaan
kom en hy sê dat hy uit ʼn
sprokiesverhaal geval het
• Hy lees vir haar uit “The Complete
Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe”.
• Poenk verduidelik vir Nadia waar
sy naam vandaan kom - Edgar
• Gervan boelie weer vir Poenk –
Poenk is emosieloos.
• In die bos wys Poenk vir Nadia ʼn
geitjie (gecko) en neem haar
waterval toe waar hulle swem.
• Poenk vertel vir Nadia dat die
lewe vol mooi en wonderlike dinge
is wat mense nie meer raaksien
nie.
• Nadia – karakterverandering. Sy
was nog nooit so gelukkig nie.
• Nadia skryf vir Poenk ʼn gedig.
Summary: Act 4
• Setting:
• At school & In the bush
• Poenk eats breakfast that he got
from the school’s feeding scheme.
• Nadia gives a bag of ginger
biscuits to Poenk.
• Gervan throws Poenk’s plate of
food out (bully)
• That afternoon Poenk takes Nadia
to the bush
• Poenk shows Nadia the different
shades of green in the bush –
each one linked to an emotion
• He shows her frog eggs and let
her smell it.
• Nadia starts seeing the
“beautifulness” in everything
around her
• He shows her a Purple Mulberry
Tree
• Nadia asks him where he comes
from and he answers by saying
that he fell out of a fairy tale.
• He reads poems to her out of “The
Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan
Poe.”
• Poenk explains to Nadia where
her name comes from - Edgar
• Gervan bullies Poenk again –
Poenk is emotional
• In the bush, Poenk shows Nadia,
a gecko en takes her to a waterfall
to swim.
• Poenk tells Nadia that life is full of
beautiful and wonderful things that
people don’t see anymore
• Nadia experiences a character
change. She has never been as
happy as now.
• Nadia writes Poenk a poem.
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Opsommings
Bedryf 5 / Act 5:
Opsomming: Bedryf 5
• Ruimte:
• By die skool
• In die bos
• Joy vermoed (suspects) dat Nadia
verlief is op Poenk
• Sy ontken (denies) dit.
*Kruisverwysing na bl. 36 – sy wil
sonder vrees sy naam in haar
boek skryf.
• Poenk het nie vriende nie – net
Nadia.
• Poenk sê mense verstaan hom
nie – hy is verlief op die lewe.
• Poenk sien die mooi in die lewe.
• Poenk konfronteer vir Nadia oor
wat haar pla. * Kruisverwysing na
bl. 46 – sy lag nie met haar oë nie
en kyk weg.
• Poenk sê dat Nadia mure om haar
bou, maar dis beter om ʼn brug te
bou!
• Poenk is bang vir afskeid (bl. 51)
*Kruisverwysing na bl. 45
• Gervan boelie weer vir Poenk – sy
hemp lê weggegooi en vol
modder.
• Poenk sê jy hoef nie altyd te
baklei (fight) nie – jy baklei net
teen jouself.
• Hy besluit om Nadia sy geheim te
gaan wys.
Summary: Act 5
• Setting:
• At school
• In the bush
• Joy suspects that Nadia is in love
with Poenk
• She denies it.
• Cross reference to pg. 36 – she
wants to write his name in her
book without worrying that
someone might see it.
• Poenk doesn’t have friends – only
Nadia.
• Poenk says people don’t
understand him – he is in love with
life.
• Poenk sees the “beauty” in life
• Poenk confronts Nadia about what
is bothering her.
• Cross reference to pg. 46 – she
doesn’t ‘laugh with her eyes’ and
looks away.
• Poenk says that Nadia builds
walls around her, but instead she
should build a bridge – it is better.
• Poenk is not scared of saying
goodbye
• Cross reference – pg. 45
• Gervan bullies Poenk again, his
shirt is full of mud and thrown
away.
• Poenk says that you don’t have to
fight – you are then only fighting
against yourself.
• He decides to go and show Nadia
his secret.
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Opsommings
Bedryf 6 / Act 6:
Opsomming: Bedryf 6
• Ruimte:
• In die bos
• By die huis
• Skool
• Poenk se geheim is ʼn doolhof
(labyrinth/maze) met ʼn engel in
die middel
• ʼn Doolhof help jou om jou los te
maak van dit wat jou gevange
hou.
• Dit is soos ʼn knoop wat mens
moet losmaak.
• Dit help jou om al jou moeilikheid
af te gooi en ʼn nuwe mens te
wees.
• Die paadjies simboliseer die pad
wat die lewe met jou loop.
• Aan die einde van jou lewe sterf jy
(doodsengel).
• Nadia vra Poenk om haar te help
en hulle loop saam en ervaar die
magiese daarvan.
• Ironies bedank Poenk vir Nadia,
maar hy het haar eintlik gehelp.
• As hulle tuis kom is dit donker en
Nadia se ma is daar.
• Sy maak verkeerde afleidings en
veralgemeen seuns wat net die
verkeerde dinge met ʼn meisie wil
doen.
• By die skool sien Nadia vir Gervan
en sy pa en sy besef dat sy pa
hom mishandel.
• Poenk het ʼn nuwe hemp en sê dat
daar altyd iemand is wat na hom
omsien.
• Poenk verskyn aan Nadia in wit
klere. Nadia sê dat die rede
waarom Gervan boelie is dat daar
lelik in hom is, maar mooi in
Poenk is.
Summary: Act 6
• Setting:
• In the bush
• At home
• At school
• Poenk’s secret is a maze with an
angel in the middle.
• A maze helps you to break free
from what is keeping you hostage
/ trapped
• It is like a button that you have to
undo
• It helps you to leave behind / get
rid of all your difficulties and be a
new person
• The paths symbolises the road
that life takes you on
• At the end of your life, you will die
(Angel of death)
• Nadia asks Poenk to help her,
they walk together and
experiences the magic thereof.
• Ironically Poenk thanks Nadia, but
he is actually the one that helped
her.
• When they get home, it is dark
and Nadia’s mother is there.
• She makes the wrong conclusions
and generalises boys – they just
want to do the wrong thing with
girls
• At school, Nadia sees Gervan and
his dad and she realises that his
dad abuses him.
• Poenk has a new shirt and he
says that there is always someone
looking after him.
• Poenk appears to Nadia in white
clothes. Nadia says that the
reason why Gervan is a bully is
because he is filled with bitterness
and ‘ugly’ things, but Poenk is
filled with ‘beautiful’ things.
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Opsommings
Bedryf 7 / Act 7:
Opsomming: Bedryf 7
• Ruimte: Bos
• Poenk wys vir Nadia ʼn
Geelhoutboom. Sy moet dit
omhels en die boom uitvra oor sy
oerkennis; sy moet die boom se
energie ervaar.
• Nadia begin huil en vertel Poenk
haar geheim.
• Armand het haar net gebruik vir
seks onder die dekmantel (cover)
dat hy haar liefhet – hy verneder
(humiliate) haar verder met die
video/sosiale media (boelie).
• Poenk wens dat hy towerwoorde
het om haar seer weg te vat (toor).
• Hy neem haar na ʼn doolhof wat
deur kerse verlig is en sê sy moet
dans op die musiek in haar hart.
• Hy deel sy kondensmelk met haar
– simbool van die mooi en die
soet van die lewe al gaan dit sleg.
• Gervan daag op en wil vir Poenk
met ʼn stok slaan.
• Nadia konfronteer vir Gervan – sy
weet dat sy pa hom
slaan/mishandel.
• Gervan wil vir Nadia met ʼn mes
steek, maar Poenk spring tussenin
en word in die skouer gesteek.
• Gervan is geskok oor wat hy
gedoen het, maar Poenk staan op
en stel hom gerus / ondersteun
hom.
• Nadia gee vir Gervan die skerf
glas
• Poenk sê vir Nadia dat dit tyd is vir
hom om te gaan/afskeid te neem.
• Hy verdwyn in ʼn helder lig.
• Nadia se ma ondersteun haar en
daar is fisiese kontak.
Summary: Act 7
• Setting: bush
• Poenk shows Nadia a Yellow
Wood Tree. She must hug the tree
and ask the tree about it’s ancient
knowledge. She must experience
the energy of the tree.
• Nadia starts crying and tells
Poenk her secret.
• Armand only used her for sex,
under the cover that he loves her.
He embaresses her even further
with the video / social media.
Cyber bullying
• Poenk wished that he had ‘magic
words’ to take away her pain
• He takes her to a maze, lightened
with candles and says she must
dance to the beat of her heart.
• He shares his condensed milk
with her – a symbol of the beauty
and sweetness of life even if it
goes bad
• Gervan arrives and wants to hit
Poenk with a stick.
• Nadia confronts Gervan – she
knows about his abusive father
• Gervan wants to stab Nadia with a
knife, but Poenk jumps in between
them and gets stabbed in the
shoulder
• Gervan is shocked by what he did,
but Poenk stands up and sets his
mind at ease / supports him.
• Nadia gives Gervan the piece of
glass
• Poenk says that it is time for him
to go say goodbye
• He dissapears in a bright light
• Nadia’s mother supports her and
there is physical contact
• Later neem Nadia haar ma na die
bos toe en wys haar alles wat sy
saam met Poenk ervaar het.
• Hulle loop die doolhof.
• In die middel van die doolhof vind
sy Poenk se digbundel waarin hy
vra of sy nou die mooi in die lewe
sien.
• Later, Nadia, takes her mother to
the bush and shows her
everything she experienced with
Poenk
• They walk through the maze
• In the middle of the maze they find
Poenk’s poems where he asks
Nadia if she can see the beauty in
life now?
 Betower – Die drama – Fanie Viljoen
Inleiding tot Betower
Opsommings
Die titel van die boek / Dit title of the book:
• Die titel is net ‘n ander woord vir die ‘naam’
van ‘n boek.
• Die titel laat mens dink aan ander woorde
soos ‘tower’ of ‘toorwoord’.
• ‘Betower’ beteken sterk bekoor of verruk.
• As ‘n mens weet dat die boek in ‘n
misterieuse bos afspeel en dat ‘n
tienerseun en- meisie die hoofkarakters is,
kan ‘n mens dalk dink dat hierdie ‘n
liefdesverhaal kan wees.
• Dit kan selfs ‘n nuwe, moderne tipe
sprokiesverhaal wees.
Karakters / Characters:
Nadia:
• ‘n Tienermeisie, wat ‘n donker verlede in
die stad probeer agterlaat.
• Sy dra ‘n geheim met haar saam
waarvan ons later sal uitvind.
• Haar ma woon in Johannesburg en
Nadia word by haar ouma in
Magoebaskloof afgelaai om haar nuwe
skoolkwartaal by Hoërskool
Magoebaskloof te begin.
• Verteller
Joy:
• ‘n Tienermeisie.
• Nadia se vriendin.
• Sy is ‘n karakter en ook ‘n gedeeltelike
verteller.
• Sy wys vir Nadia waar die klaskamers in
die nuwe skool is.
Poenk:
• Poenk (bynaam)
• ‘n Tienerseun wat die wêreld met
bewondering kyk.
• Word beskryf (deur Joy) as die seun met
die stowwerige klere.
• Hy en Nadia het iets in gemeen.
• Hulle het albei ‘n geheim.
• The word ‘title’ is just another word that
means the same as ‘name’ of the book.
• The title makes you think of other words
such as ‘magic’ or ‘magic words”.
• “Betower” means strong charms or
delighted.
• If one knows that the setting of the story
is in a mysterious bush and that the main
characters are a teenage boy and girl,
you might think that it is love story.
• It could even be a new, modern type of
fairy tale.
Nadia:
• Nadia is a teenage girl that moved
because she is trying to leave a dark past
behind in the city.
• She is carrying around/keeping a secret
that we will find out about later.
• Her mother stays in Johannesburg and
Nadia is taken to stay with her
grandmother in Magoebaskloof. She is
supposed to start her new school term at a
new school – Hoërskool Magoebaskloof.
• Nadia is also the narrator of the story.
Joy:
• Joy is a teenage girl.
• She is Nadia’s friend.
• She is a character and also partially the
narrator of the story.
• She shows Nadia where the new classes
are in her new school.
Poenk:
• Poenk is his nickname
• He is a teenage boy that looks at the world
in amazement.
• He is described (by Joy) as the boy with
the dusty clothes.
• He and Nadia has something in common.
• They both have a secret.
 • Beide is geheimsinnig.
• Later in die drama het Nadia en Poenk ‘n
goeie vriendskapsverhouding.
• Ook bekend as Bos-Poenk /
Geheimsinnige-Poenk.
Gervan:
• Hy is die skoolboelie.
• Sy soek skoor met Poenk.
• Gervan word ook mishandel deur sy pa
en dis moontlik die rede hoekom hy self
‘n boelie is.
Nadia se ma:
• Nadia se ma slaag nie regtig in
moederskap nie.
• Sy werk by ‘n skinderkoerant.
• Sy maak nie self kos nie.
• Nadia moes kos maak toe sy by haar
gebly het.
• Haar ma laai haar by Nadia se ouma af.
• Nadia se ma verkwalik Nadia vir hulle
ontspoorde lewe.
• Sy wil ruimte hê om dit te verwerk en om
die rede neem sy Nadia na haar ouma.
Nadia se ouma:
• Nadia se ouma word in twee geskeur
deur haar verhouding met Nadia en haar
ma.
• Sy word die middleman deur wie briewe
afgelewer en boodskappe gestuur word.
Verskillende soorte karakters / Different types of characters:
• Protagoniste:
• ‘n Protagonis is gewoonlik die
hoofkarakter, wat baie goed uitgebeeld
word en gewoonlik karakterontwikkeling
ondergaan.
• Nadia en Poenk.
• Antagoniste:
• Die karakter veroorsaak spanning/rusie
in die verhaal.
• Hulle staan gewoonlik als tee / verskil
van die hoofkarakters.
• Nadia se ma.
• Gervan.
• They are both very secretive.
• Later in the drama, Nadia and Poenk has a
very good friendship.
• He is also known as Bush-Poenk /
Secretive-Poenk.
Gervan:
• He is the school bully.
• He looks for trouble with Poenk.
• Gervan is abused by his father and that is
probably the reason why he is a bully
himself.
Nadia’s mother:
• Nadia’s mother doesn’t succeed in
mothership.
• She works at a gossip newspaper / tabloid
• She doesn’t make food for her and Nadia.
• When Nadia lived with her mother, she had
to make the food.
• Her mother dropped her off at her
grandmother.
• Nadia’s mother holds her responsible for
the fact that their lives were derailed
• She wants space to process everything
and that is why she drops her off.
Nadia’s grandmother:
• Nadia’s grandmother is torn in two, with her
relationship with both Nadia and her
mother.
• She becomes the ‘middle man’ from who
letters are delivered and messages sent.
• Protagonists:
• Protagonists are usually the main
characters, they are described very well
and they normally undergo character
progress/change.
• Nadia and Poenk.
• Antagonists:
• This character normally creates tension or
fights in the story.
• One that contends with or opposes
another.
• Nadia’s mother
• Gervan
• Newe-karakters:
• Nadia se ouma
• Nadia se ma
• ‘Ekstras’
Fases van die drama / Phases of the drama:
• Eksposisie:
• Nadia kom by die nuwe skool.
• Ons besef dat daar iets by haar vorige
skool gebeur het.
• Motoriese Moment:
• Poenk verloor sy penneblikkie.
• Nadia tel dit op – gee dit terug.
• Ontwikkeling / Ontknoping:
• Nadia volg vir Poenk bos toe.
• ‘n Botsing tussen Nadia en haar ma.
• Poenk en Gervan is onvermydelik.
• Klimaks / Hoogtepunt:
• Gervan vind Nadia en Poenk in die bos.
• Hy pluk sy mes uit.
• Ontknoping:
• Poenk omhels vir Gervan – hy het hom
vergewe.
• Nadia en Poenk neem afskeid.
• Nadia vat haar ma bos toe om gesond te
word.
Skep van atmosfeer en stemming/ Creation of atmosphere and mood:
• Ligte:
• Blou ligte – waterval
• Groen ligte – bos
• Geel en oranje ligte – werklikheid
• (skool en ouma se huis)
• Wit ligte – magiese wêreld
Byklanke / Sound effects:
• Weer / Donderweer / Weerlig – as
gevaar dreig
• Klaviermusiek – magiese oomblikke
• Natuurklanke – voëls, takke kraak,
vallende water, blare wat ritsel, ens.
• Verteenwoordig gebeure in die bos.
• Klok / Selfoongeluide – skool
• Sub-characters:
• Nadia’s grandmother
• Nadia’s mother
• These characters are ‘extras’
• The exposition:
• Nadia arrives at her new school.
• We realise that something happened at her
previous school.
• Rising action:
• Poenk drops his pencil case.
• Nadia picks it up – gives it back to him.
• Rising action / Progression:
• Nadia follows Poenk to the bush.
• A clash/ fight between Nadia and her
mother.
• Poenk and Gervan is unavoidable.
• Climax:
• Gervan finds Nadia and Poenk in the bush.
• He takes out his knife.
• Resolution:
• Poenk hugs Gervan – he forgives him.
• Nadia and Poenk says goodbye / farewell
• Nadia takes her mother to the bush to heal
• Lighting:
• Blue lights – waterfall
• Green lights – bush
• Yellow and orange lights – reality
• (school and ouma’s house)
• White lights – magical world
• Weather / Thunder / Lightning – when
danger approaches
• Piano music – magical moments
• Sounds of nature – birds, branches
breaking, falling water, leaves, etc.
• Represents happenings in the bush.
• Bell / Cell phone sounds - school
 Vertellers / Narrators:
• Nadia:
• Ons leer haar innerlike gevoelens en
gedagtes ken.
• Joy:
• Buiteperspektief – meer objektiewe
vertelling.
Sprokiesmotief in Betower / Fairy Tale Motive in ‘Betower”:
• Taal verwys na ‘n sprokie.
• Iemand wat ‘n towerstaf gebruik en toor.
• Poenk het dalk uit ‘n sprokiesverhaal
geval.
• Nadia se ma skryf sprokies.
• (skinderstories oor bekendes)
• Rankplante teen die mure – ‘Doringrosie.’
• Poenk gee ‘n goue bal aan ‘n padda.
• Feetjies help vir Poenk met sy waentjie.
• Verwysings na sprokiesverhale:
Aspoestertjie, Sneeuwitjie en Hansie en
Grietjie.
Klipmotief / Rock motive:
• Klippe is simboliek van mense se
emosionele swaarkry.
• Klippe is vir Poenk soos beskermhere/
ouerfigure.
Ruimtes / Settings:
• Harde alledaagse lewe – Ouma se huis /
Skool.
• Probleme en besluite wat gemaak word,
gevolge van dom besluite, boelies by die
skool.
• Towerwêreld – Bos.
• Mooi natuurskoon.
• Vryheid en genesing.
Taalgebruik in Betower / Language use in ‘Betower’:
• Natuurlike dialoog
• Nadia, Joy, Gervan:
• Informele tienertaal - slengwoorde.
• Nadia:
• We get to know her inner/true feelings and
thoughts.
• Joy:
• Outside / Objective perspective – she has
a more objective way of telling the story.
• Language refers to a fairy tale.
• Someone who uses a wand to do magic.
• Poenk maybe fell out of a fairy tale.
• Nadia’s mother writes ‘fairy tales’.
• Gossip stories about famous people.
• Climbing plants against the walls –
Rapunzel
• Poenk gives a golden ball to a frog.
• Fairies help Poenk to pull his wagon/cart.
• References to fairy tales are made
throughout the drama – Cinderella, Snow
White and Hansel & Grethel.
• Rocks are symbolic to people’s emotional
struggles.
• Rocks are ‘superheroes’/ protectors and
parental figures to Poenk.
• Hard everyday life (reality) – ouma’s house
and the school.
• Problems and decisions that were made,
causes/effects of bad choices that were
made / bullies at school.
• Magical world – the bush.
• Beautiful nature
• Freedom and healing.
• Natural dialogue
• Nadia, Joy & Gervan:
• Informal teenage language – slang
• Poenk: • Poenk:
• Kontrasteer met ander karakters. • Contrasting with other characters.
• Kort sinne. • Short sentences.
• Liries. • Lyrical.
• Praat min. • Doesn’t speak a lot.
• Nadia se ma: • Nadia’s mother:
• Engelse woorde. • Uses a lot of English words.
• Nie suiwer taal nie. • Doesn’t use pure Afrikaans.
• Dalk ‘n Engelse joernalis. • Maybe she is an English journalist.

Tegniese aspekte wat die idee van bo-natuurlike versterk / Technical aspects
that strengthens the ‘magical’ part of the drama:

• Poenk praat nie – voorafopgeneemde • Poenk doesn’t speak – it is a pre-recorded

bandopname speel sy woorde. recording that plays his words.
• Wit ligte. • White lights.
• Poenk se magiese verskynings. • Poenk appears magically.

Hoekom dink die leser dat Poenk ‘n bo-natuurlike wese is? / Why does the
reader think that Poenk is a magical character?:

• Lyk nie soos ‘n gewone leerder nie.
• Reageer slegs in die klas toe onderwyser
sê dat Aristoteles geglo het Pythagoras
kan deur tyd en ruimte beweeg en met
plante, diere en klippe kommunikeer.
• Hy praat met klippe en as Nadia hom na
die bos volg, word eers groen, dan ‘n
skadu en dan verdwyn hy.
• As Nadia in die bos verdwaal verskyn
daar krummels of klippies om haar die
pad te wys. (Moontlik Poenk wat haar
help.)
• He doesn’t look like a normal learner.
• He only reacts in class when the teacher
talks about ‘Aristoteles’ and ‘Phytagoras’.
• He speaks to rocks and when Nadia
follows him to the bush, he first turns
green, then he moves into the shade and
then he disappears.
• When Nadia gets lost in the bush – there
appears a trail of crumbs/rocks to show her
the way. (Probably Poenk trying to help
her)

Wat het Poenk en Nadia in gemeen? / What do Poenk and Nadia have in
common?:

• Buitestaanders. • Outsiders
• Geheimsinnig. • Secretive
• Nie ‘n maklike lewe nie. • They don’t have an easy life.

Doel van die kursiewe/skuinsdruk / Purpose of the italics:

• Inligting oor die verhoog, karakters, • Information about the stage, characters
ruimtes and setting.
• Word ook na verwys as newe-teks • Also referred to as sub-text (additional
text)/stage directions
• Beskryf die emosies van die karakters. • Describes the emotions of the characters.
• Engelse woorde wat deur die karakters • English words that the characters use.
gebruik word.

Edgar Allan Poe:

• Inspirasie vir Poenk se naam. • Inspiration for Poenk’s name.

• Poenk dra altyd die bundel “The • Poenk always carries the Poetry Collection
Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe” around.
rond.
• Poenk haal graag aan uit die gedigte • Poenk likes to quote from the poems.
“Spirits of the dead” en “Patience”.
• Poe en Poenk het altwee ‘n moeilike • Poe and Poenk both had difficult lives.
lewe gehad.