Report ResearchPage 1 "It is a significant function - that is to say, there is some sense to it. In play there is something 'at play' which transcends the immediate needs of life and imparts meaning to the action. All play means something." Page 4 "We find play present everywhere as a well-defined quality of action which is different from 'ordinary' life." "If we find that play is based on the manipulation of certain images, on a certain 'imagination' of reality, then our main concern will be to grasp the value and significance of these images and their 'imagination'." Page 7 "First and foremost, then, all play is a voluntary activity." "It may be objected that this freedom does not exist for the animal and the child; they must play because their instinct drives them to it and because it serves to develop their bodily faculties and their powers of selection." Page 8 "Child and animal play because they enjoy playing and therein precisely lies their freedom." "...first main characteristic of play; that it is free, is in fact freedom." "...play is not 'ordinary' or 'real' life." "Every child knows perfectly well that he is 'only pretending', or that it was 'only for fun'." "This 'only pretending' quality of play betrays a consciousness of the inferiority of play compared with 'seriousness'." Page 9 "Play begins and then at a certain moment it is 'over'. It plays itself to an end." Page 10 "All the temporary worlds within the ordinary world, dedicated to the performance of an act apart." "Play casts a spell over us; it is 'enchanting', 'captivating'." Page 11 "...- all want to achieve something difficult, to succeed, to end a tension. Play is 'tense', as we say." (spoilsport who leaves/ruins rules of play) "He robs play of it's illusion - a pregnant word which literally means 'in-play' (from inlusio, illudere or inludere)." Page 12 "Even in early childhood the charm of play is enhanced by making a 'secret' out of it." "This temporary abolition of the ordinary world is fully acknowledged in child-life." Page 13 " The 'differentness' and secrecy of play are most vividly expressed in 'dressing up'." "We know, however, that in child-life performances of this kind are full of imagination. The child is making an image of something different, something more beautiful, or more sublime, or more dangerous than what he usually is." Page 14 "... with delight, transported beyond himself to such an extent that he almost believes he actually is such and such a thing, without, however wholly losing consciousness of 'ordinary reality'." Page 16 "The term 'instinct', he says, is 'a makeshift, an admission of helplessness before the problem of reality'." Page 17 "Child-play possesses the platform in its veriest essence, and most purely." Page 18 "The child plays in complete - we can well say, in sacred - earnest. But it plays and knows that it plays." Page 19 "We found that one of the most important characteristics of play was it's spacial separation from ordinary life." The first section of Homo Ludens gave myself an in depth look into how play creates a seperation between fiction and reality. I've managed to pull out quotes that I find relevant to my report topic, especially the quote from page 13 about imagination. This quote will most definitely be useful to writing my report chapter about imagination through play in child development.
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