In two of the monologues, there is a character who is mentioned in some way: Ed Carpolotti. He was first mentioned in Emil's by being at Ed's funeral. Virginia meets Ed, her dead husband now, at a place called Green Mill which is also introduced in Emil's monologue. The second monologue, Margaret Mary-Walsh is associated with Mac's grandmother's funeral. Margaret Walsh also attended a funeral Emil went to.
A motif that occurs in all three monologues is the sense of closure. Emil loses his love, Tessie, but is left with a pacemaker that was in her heart. Mac's grandmother dies and she immediately wants the ring she so longed for since a young girl. Once she finds the ring, she realizes that all she wanted was closure with her beloved grandmother and throws the ring on her casket. Virginia's husband, Ed, died and he has many debts that must be paid off. She is left with closure from his death and his loans is a list from her husband. They all are similar in the sense that they lose someone they love, but also that they find closure after they die and can move on with their lives without burden over them.
When I first read this play I didn't really see anyone else getting closure other than Virginia. However, I guess keeping a part of someone can sort of be like closure but i mainly disagree because I guess that I wouldn't be able to handle closure that way. Keeping something from someone you lost only kind of makes it worse, but like i said, that is my personal way of handling things.
ReplyDeleteI see what you mean about sense of closure. I was aware that there were funerals involved in each of the monologues, so I agree with you concerning closure; although, did you notice that location could also play a factor in each monologue? It may help to tie ore of the story together for you. It's just a suggestion, not that there is anything wring with what you have now.
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