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Analysis Of The Play ' The Night '

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Prologue: The play begins by revealing the setting as Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Seemingly important details are that the play is taking place during a scorching month of August, the home where the scene takes place is run down, and that any source that permits sunlight to come in has been taped down. The three characters revealed are Johna, Beverly, and Violet. Johna is a young, Indian woman who is being interviewed by Beverly. Her duties around the house will be to clean, cook, to take Violet to the clinic, and to live there. Beverly is a kind alcoholic, who wants to get help for his wife, Violet. Violet is addicted to pills, has mouth cancer, and reveals herself to be unstable and sporadic. Act 1: Mattie Fae, Charlie Aiken, and Ivy are the next characters presented. Mattie Fae, Violets sister, appears to be an obnoxious and rude wife, of Charlie, and mother. Through the first scene, Charlie and Mattie Fae are bickering and disputing many ordeals, including that Beverly has gone missing, while Ivy, Violets daughter, is impartially listening to their spat. Clearly, there are marital problems between Charlie and Mattie Fae. Little Charles is revealed as Mattie Fae and Charles’ son, Ivy’s cousin, and he seems to create hatred in his mother. The drama then turns its attention to the characters of Violet and Ivy. Ivy is always jubilant about helping her mother. However, her help and attention is forgotten and downright ignored. Violet is obsessed with her other daughter’s arrival,

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