Creating a tagline

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees."

Our tagline was inspired by this quote from Henry David Thoreau, an American poet and historian. The quote alludes to entering an unfamiliar period of uncertainty and loss of autonomy, and yet still being able to come out of it with a stronger sense of identity and confidence. We loved this quote not simply because it references the central setting for the action within our piece, but also because it discusses the concept of overcoming challenges. The positive message the quote displayed was essential to us as a main theme of our piece was to show Grace battling with her demons and eventually overcoming them.

Our tagline was chosen while we were planning on the background for our poster. The tagline picks up on what happens earlier in the piece (the sexual assault takes place in the woods) and the second part is a reference to the climax of our narrative, in which Grace comes to terms with the fact that the attack was not her own fault.

The tagline itself connotes elements of nature, which is a key element within the setting of our piece. It also highlights the concept of hope and freedom despite the fact that a rape is associated primarily with a complete loss of control. We also chose to allude Grace's character to a bird within the tagline as a reference to the symbolic feathers used within the piece to represent Grace's loss of freedom due to the rape.