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The first thing that I noticed in between
the first two monologues was the common character of Nettie, who died at one
hundred and three years old. The
first guy’s encounter with her was because he was his undertaker. Mac’s stole
from Mrs. Nettie James in order to go see her grandmother. This lead me to thinking that Mac stole
from this innocent woman because she needed to go see someone from her past.
She needed something from her family, but came to realize something much bigger
that affected her much more (the death of her husband and kids). Tessie’s funeral made Emil realize how
much he loved his wife and how he ever so desperately needed to tell her that.
Finally, Virginia realizes how much her husband loved her and how well he knew
her. Love and loss are all connected here and unfortunately that means we have
to lose in order to realize who loved us and who we love.
When I think of death, I think
about crying and sadness. However, something else I notice throughout these
monologues is that no one is really upset. They are too busy focused on doing
other things or other parts of their lives that they don’t take a step back and
really take that time to be upset. Emil focuses on another woman. Mac is focused on stealing jewelry from
other people’s funerals and then has to deal with her family’s death once again
after trying to forget. And finally, Virginia is too busy worrying about the
financial trouble she is in.
Although we have very different perspectives of funerals, they all sort
of deal with it in a similar way: Not being sad.
Really interesting concept in the connection to Nettie. I am ashamed to say that I completely overlooked the connection to this character in particular. I was really intrigued by the idea you presented in regard to the reason Mac stole from Nettie. Whatever the reason may be, it was still pretty messed up, but your argument definitely presents a different angle to the meaning behind this particular event.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting the idea of how you have to loose in order to appreciate what you had.. I didn't' get this from reading thte script but after reading your comment I can definitely see that. esp. with Virgina and her husband.. as well as the jewel theif and throwing the ring in the grave in the end.
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