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Individualism In The Play 'Sure Thing'

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Throughout time each and every single individual of the human kind have been taught the art of individualism. Selling the idea of independence and self-sufficiency, civilization after civilization have manipulated the life of its members setting labels that serve as the stigma of the community and creating social taboos to oppress individuals as components of the greater scheme that is society. The believe of individualism, the big banner that says it is fine to be different have become the current most followed idea, the question is whether or not such individualism exist or it is nothing more than a created fantasy use to shape the existence of a race. For instance, the civilize system we live in today, denies individuals of many things …show more content…

First preformed in 1988, “Sure Thing”, takes place in a Café. The play has two characters; the readers are given an equal description of both, which is their names and approximated age. The fact that both characters are equally described, gives a constancy of role equality improvements; which is also an aspect portray throughout the entire story as both characters continue to equally change their thoughts in order to become sympathetic with each other, until they achieve the agreeing point. Furthermore, the image of women portray by Betty, the female character, is one of a more self-thinking, valuable woman. For instance when Bill gives a well, and positive opinion about Faulkner’s works and she simply says, “I think it’s pretty boring”(Ives, 1). Additionally, Betty speaks her mind out after Bill shows to be interested in her; part of her response goes, “Maybe you’re only interested for the sake of making small talk long enough to ask me back to your place to listen to some music, or because you’ve just rented some great tape for your VCR, or because you’ve got some terrific unknown Django Reinhardt record, only all you’ll really want to do is f*** — which you won’t do very well”(Ives, 2). Exhibiting a woman that knows how things work, or at least wants to acknowledge that she is not stupid as he may think. Considering the work choice of the author, it also …show more content…

Both plays give the reader a unique vision of the location they are taking place. The play “Trifles” illustrates its settings in a small time kind of environment; the characters point out some aspects of farmers’ lifestyle. For instance, Mrs. Hale mentions, “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm. Farmers’ wives have their hands full”(Glaspell, 604). Suggesting the busyness of days at this scenario, and there was no time to get involved in their neighbors’ businesses. Gives the impression that small town people at the time were no really the social type, everyone was busy doing their work. Specially women that had to take care the house chores, they did not have time to go out have coffee with their friends and gossip about their entertained lives. While in “Sure Thing”, the readers see more of city lifestyle. Two stranger that meet at a Café, start talking and find out they been going to the same Café for a while now and never ran into each other before; as Bill says, “City life. We probably pass each other in the street every day. Right in front of this place, probably” (Ives, 2). Furthermore, the fact that Betty is in the Café reading a book by herself on a Friday night shows an independent woman, free to do as she pleased. Nevertheless, Bill founds it a bit strange “ Sort of a sad occupation for a Friday night, isn’t it? Reading here all by yourself”(Ives, 3). It is

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