Street Scene | Struggling to Survive
In this essay, she explores how the
structure of Rice’s play emphasizes its focus on
survival.
The positive public response to Rice’s play was due to its authentic depiction of lower-class men and women struggling to survive the crushing reality of urban life. As Fred Behringer notes in his article on Rice for The Dictionary of Literary Biography, ‘‘the power of the play lies not in the surface reality, but rather in the intense struggles beneath.’’ Rice illuminates these struggles through the play’s creative structure. As he juxtaposes brief glimpses of his characters, he explores the various ways human beings find to cope with the harsh reality of everyday...
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