Calm Down Mother | The Deeper Meaning
In this essay, Hart explores the suggested transformation of the three women in Terry’s play in an attempt to discover the deeper meaning behind the brief scenarios.
The subtitle to Megan Terry’s play is A Transformation for Three Women. If Terry is true to her title, then there must be a pattern to each short scenario, each change of character, and each relationship that she demonstrates in this play. In order to find the pattern, readers must ask questions such as why did Terry start her play with a tape recording of the first signs of life outside the great oceans? How does she use sisterhood? Why is the title of her play contained in the scene with the prostitutes? Although answers to these questions are subjective and, at the most,...
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