Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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In ANCIENT GREECE the actors wore masks that had traditional meanings. This aided the viewer in identifying the character and classifying his behavior. IN THE SAME manner we utilize masks of different types during our high school years. These masks, like those of the Greek actors, often reveal to ourselves and to others different aspects of our personalities.

Page 7 text:

Mask (mask; g) , n. [f. masque, Ital maschera, mascara, Arabic, maskharah, buffoon.] n. 1. A facial covering worn for ritual 2. A figure of a head worn by actors in Greek and Roman drama to identify a trait. — v. 1. To conceal one's real personality, character, or intentions; although masks reveal the same. 2. Cover (the face) with a mask. ■ it i

Page 9 text:

THE GREEK MASKS were static; they represented only one trait of a character. The masks we assume, however, are constantly changing. They must change to reflect the changes in our roles. This constant putting on and taking 4 off of masks is an exercise that is necessary during our high school years. It is only by taking on many different roles that we can become aware of those that are comfortable, those masks that actually reflect and enhance our true • selves. It is after high school that we begin to reject some of our masks and to retain others. It is after our high school years that we begin to assume that mask, that role, that self that is the total sum of what we have been.