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Tomson Highway's play The Rez Sisters may be said to effectively "catching the conscience" of the nation of Canada, in its innovative use of the play medium. This is an outstanding example of play as performance, rather than literature. Highway draws on Native oral culture to present a play that draws the viewer into the world of the reserve, and in so doing, surely catches the conscience for many.

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Option 1: "Catching the conscience" of the nation of Canada in Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters Tomson Highway's play The Rez Sisters may be said to effectively "catching the conscience" of the nation of Canada, in its innovative use of the play medium. This is an outstanding example of play as performance, rather than literature. Highway draws on native oral culture to present a play that draws the viewer into the world of the reserve, and in so doing, surely catches the conscience of many. In The Rez Sisters, Highway presents a play that clearly demonstrates the notion that plays are not literature. In this play, the spoken word and

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