Miss Lulu Bett | Themes
Family Relationships
The play is set within the Deacon family home, where three generations of the Bett-Deacon family live together. Dwight regularly extols the virtues of family life and relationships, speaking often of the solidarity among kin. He remarks that people ‘‘don’t know what living is if they don’t belong in a little family circle,’’ crows of ‘‘the joys of family life as Ina and I live it,’’ and speaks in platitudes such as there is ‘‘no place like home.’’ However, the way the family members treat each other belies his words. For...
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