Witch of Wall Street Hetty Green

A detailed Summary of Witch of Wall Street Hetty Green

A musical based on the life of America's first great female financier,

After watching the play, The Witch of Wall Street, and giving it a lot of thought I have analyzed the questions we were given and decided that just answering one wouldn't do the play or the storyline any justice. Therefore I have decided to run through the play in segments answering all five questions in the process of doing so.

2- Describe the obstacles and opportunities Hetty Green had in the result of her success.

3- What were the main benefactors and antagonizers.

The lifetime accomplishments of Hetty Green all started at a young and tender age when she would hang around the docks her father owned, where she was instilled with a certain attitude towards business. She was quite a tomboy, understanding the lingo of the whalers and learning the business. She was her fathers pride and joy, quick to numbers, always giving him the answers he wanted. Her mother, who was an ill and frail woman, was unhappy that she wasn't like other girls her age. While her father blamed her mother for not even being able to produce a son, Hetty, mature and sensitive for her age continued to only

As she grew older, she realized the mess she created. Her son ended up marrying a prostitute, and her daughter has become withdrawn and shy - an old spinster. Every banker and investor in America feared her, and they all prayed that her lunch was good as she was know to say the market depended on that. She grabbed every deal in the making, getting the gold, leaving a grave for the ones following her to be buried in. She had the power to pull guns on big bankers, and played around with big banks making deposits and withdrawing ridiculous amounts of cash randomly, which of course they wouldn't have...

As a married woman, Hetty has many responsibilities. She gave birth to two children, and live with her husband in London. Yet the burning desire to keep involved in business drove her to the London Stock Exchange where she put her husband to shame by being the only woman on the floor. She bought and sold, ruining her husbands' deals, which he thought would be successful in covering the debts he accumulated in her name. When Hetty got a letter from a big banker named Huntington that they were holding her assets un till she would pay off Green's bills, that was when she hit a major turning point in her life. She felt she was cheated by a man again. She swore she would plunge into business with no one to stop her. She swore by money, determined to pay back Green's bills, and invest with the little she had left over and promised sweet revenge. Her policy became "Money don't lie, it is a powerful friend".

What a powerful and strong person she was! Hetty Green was definitely a success in her business aspects. To her it was all a game, which she was manipulating. She was a wise entrepreneur, who made amazing investments and was obviously very successful. However the way her personality and style were formed was in an unhealthy way. She was raised with the wrong mindset, but then again perhaps if she was raised differently this would never have been the outcome of her. She would be like any other little rich girl, who would have their head buried in different matters. But somehow this little relationship I have formed with Hetty says to me, no matter how she would be raised the power inside of Hetty Green would have erupted at one point and she still would have conquered the JP Morgan's, Cisco', and Huntington's of those times

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Approximate Word count = 1587
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

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