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In 'night, Mother by Marsha Norman, what preparations has Jesse been making for her suicide? Why has she been so...
Jessie has been thinking about her suicide on and off for about ten years, but she has been planning it since Christmas. On the night that the play takes place, she begins by looking for towels and...
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What is the playwright's intention in 'night, Mother?
Marsha Norman wrote 'night, Mother and this modern tragedy touches on many themes. Essentially Norman shows how wasted a life can be when there is no real communication between people. Jessie, the...
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Are there symbols in ’night, Mother by Marsha Norman? Please explain.
There are several material objects that serve as symbols in ‘night, Mother. Two important ones are the candy that Thelma Cates prefers to eat and the cocoa that Jessie prepares for her and her...
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What is a summary of the play 'night, Mother by Marsha Norman?
The two main characters in ‘night, Mother are Jessie Cates and her mother Thelma, whom Jesse calls “Mama.” Jesse is middle-aged and lives with Mama, taking care of all the details of her mother’s...
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What is the feminist issue in "Night Mother"?
One example of a feminist issue in "Night, Mother" is the choice that Jessie makes regarding her smoking habit. "When Jessie is asked to choose between her husband and smoking, she...
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What purpose do the minor characters serve in 'Night, Mother'?
The minor characters, Jessie's brother Dawson and his wife, her ex-husband Cecil and even her son, Ricky, serve as simply more problematic relationships that Jessie feels unable to understand,...
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How can I get a copy of the play "Night, Mother" as a pdf or word file?
Copyright law prevents this type of download without the author's permission, and an internet search yielded no results of any availability of the full text online. At amazon.com, I found a digital...
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In 'night Mother, how does Jessie's trip to the attic precipitate telling Thelma her plan, and how do Jessie and...
Jessie went into the attic to find her deceased father's old gun. It was part of Jessie's plan to put an end to her unproductive, fear and grief hampered melancholy life. Getting the gun and...
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what does Thelma need from Jessie?
Because the play’s drama is centered on Jessie, it is often neglected in reviews and study guides what Thelma will lose from Jessie’s suicide. On the surface the relationship seems to be one of...
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What are the element of determinism in the play 'night, Mother by Marsha Norman?
There's an element of determinism in all tragedies; a sense in which the events unfold naturally according to some inner logic, and about which human action can do nothing. To some extent, the...
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How can I find examples of irony, wordplay, satire, comic relief, foil, and set in 'night, Mother by Marsha Norman?
When reading the script of the play 'night, Mother, Marsha Norman gives us information about the characters and the set before the dialogue even starts. There are only two characters in this play:...
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Is the Night, Mother play a musical performance?
As far as I know, night, Mother is not a musical or a musical performance. It is a drama which uses dialogue as its most prominent style of discourse. It is also noted and highly praised (Pulitzer...
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What is a perfect family to Jessie?
Based on Jessie's account of her own life, she has never truly felt close with anyone besides her late father—not even her mother, whom she lives with and takes care of. When Jessie announces she's...
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Please, write a simple monologue about a depressed girl because no one understands her, even in her family. The...
A monologue is used in drama and is when the character directly addresses the audience on their own. In writing a monologue, there are several important things to keep in mind. First of all, it is...