Describe the marriage of Paulina and Gerardo

Gerard asserts his eminence in his relationship with Pauline he believes his smooth-tongued words will al rooms countenance its desired effect on Palings actions. Of course Im going to mind to you. Havent I always listened to you? And he is surprised when she doesnt listen. You believe too much in your admit powers of persuasion. He is very manipulative, such as in the beginning of the play in which he is unsatisfied with the reaction he received, he continues to convince Pauline until he gets the answer he wanted, in any case going tin can her back.He acted as though he genuinely cared about her opinion in the matter of his position on he committee when in reality, he had already accepted. Yes. Told him Id do it. Yes. Before petition you. . He overly appears to be a lair and doesnt seem to understand women as well as he likes. Pauline is a suspicious wife, kno fender that Gerard did it once, he could very well do it again and with that, she insinuates his infidelity numerous epochs in the first place outright managing to get him to confess to it.Though despite that, they are still married and do love each other, her going as far as protecting Gerard while she was being hag-ridden plainly not saying anything about him. They make sacrifices for each other as ell. How does the play. Inherit character details of the tantrum and atmosphere to illustrate the mood of the play? They are in a micro beach house with a balcony and are able to hear the ocean. It also sounds secluded which isolates the outlook. They use work to light some specific part of the scene which omits everything else and has us focusing on one token part which might bring a mood.The atmosphere shifts constantly with Pauline sort of falling in and out of sanity creating a particularly dramatic mood to the play, pulling you to keep reading to recruit out what she does next. When Reboots atmosphere shows a sort of irritants and confusion it has you wondering whether he really is in nocent. The last scene too, with the mirror having it reflect back at you leaves you to really take a good look at yourself and have you think hard about the events of the play having you fill out the gaps in which the author go forth ambiguous.Assess Palings actions. Why does she react precisely in the way that she does? Palings actions were premeditated and brave bordering on the edge Of crazy. She has been late traumatized by her past which leads to her paranoia and personal vendetta that she has laced upon Roberto. Pauline acts precisely in the way that she does because for fifteen years she has been haunted by her foray and torture which leaves her in an unstable state of mind which had last cotton the best of her when the man she claims to be one of her captors show up on her gatewaystep.What would be justness Pauline? Feel that for Pauline to find her justice would be for the people who have traumatized her to admit what they have done and be punished for it. Her idea t o first retaliate in the same fashion (to rape him with a broomstick and torture him) would not make her forgive him. It would satisfy her for the time being but not fully. For her to have justice would be to have the torturers confess in a hand write confession. Her new idea to have the letter written seems to satisfy her in a way that she would bump justice.The written letter is also a good idea to convince herself that she is correct in the way that Roberto is actually the Doctor who assisted in her torture. I also believe by her taking the integrity into her own hands, she has been able to gather the kind of answers only she could be searching for. What problems does an author face in dramatists torture? How does Doorman achieve this? When traumatizing torture, the problem quite possibly the rate at which you reveal it.Doorman achieved the spotless amount of torture by hinting bits and pieces to get you thinking and because finally reeling us in with the stainless story an d his ability to constantly shift the balance of sympathy between the oppressed and the oppressor. What role do sexuality and sexual/gender roles play in the drama? There are a host of casings that suggest sexist views from the male characters. Both Gerard and Miranda speak of women as confusing pieces that are completely cold-blooded and act as though it is a shared k right awayledge between them.Gerard appears to have a dominant role everywhere Pauline, acting manipulative toward her and believing he has a higher power over her. Many times he is heard stating that Pauline would make the meal expecting that she will do it because he knows she will. Not another word. Pauline will be delighted. Youll see the breakfast shell make for us. In this example he also assumes that Pauline will automatically be delighted with a random customer despite how she acts when an unfamiliar car turns up at her souse. Of the two things you never share, my friend, one is your toothbrush. What is the significance of the setting for this play? Ariel Doorman carefully explains in his stage directions that Death and the Maiden is set in a country that is probably Chile but could be any country that has given itself a parliamentary government just after a long period of dictatorship which helps us to understand what on the button the significance is of Greasers position on the commission appointed to investigate the crimes committed under the regime. It plays one of the nearly important aspects to he characters conflict between justice and the love for his wife who decides to take the law into her own hands.It emphasizes what kind Of negative control a dictatorship has and the effects of it. Why does Pauline lock the door? Is it to keep Gerard safe or to keep him away? Act 1, Scene 3 Its the middle of the wickedness and Pauline is written doing something suspicious. She is seen going into her living room and pulling out her gun and her stockings. She then goes to Reboots roo m, listening, and then goes in. A confused muffled cry is heard then silence. Pauline goes back to her own mum and locks the door.She then goes back onto Reboots room and pulls out what suspiciously looks like a body before wing it to a chairperson. We learn that the body is indeed Reboots. She collects all of Reboots belongings and goes to leave the house, but not before taking off her underwear and gagging Roberto. She leaves the house in Reboots car and leaving Gerard locked in his room and Roberto level(p) to a chair. Act 1, Scene 4 Its early in the morning and Roberto is tied to a chair and gagged only just waking up to find Pauline sitting in front of him with a gun. He is confused.Seeing that he is awake, Pauline greets him kindly, as though he werent tied to a chair and gagged, she harvest-time to converse with him almost normally. She begins her monologue moving from one topic to another. A friend Roberto might be related to, her early career as a student to become a doc tor and asking him his preference for sandwiches. We begin to see she could possibly have some mental problems. He unlocks her bedroom door. She also turns on Death and the Maiden from the cassette she stole from Reboots car gushing about how much she loved it and now how it haunts her.Gerard wakes up shocked, and goes to untie Roberto Miranda, but Pauline, convinced Miranda is one of her captors tells Gerard so. He seems UN entirely convinced and tells her she is sick which she denies. He tries to convince Pauline to let R. Miranda go but she is entirely convinced. And due to her assuredness, she tells Gerard her plan to put him on trial, like he would do if he was on the commission. Act 2, scene 1 Gerard has left to lend his car, Roberto is still tied and Pauline has her back to him, and begins to relay of the horrors she suffered in the doctors care. She had estranged herself from her parents, so when she was released, she had very a couple of(prenominal) choices of where to go . Roberto makes a movement as if he wants to speak, but she makes him wait, thinking hes hungry, and imitates the doctors voice for a moment. She then explains wherefore he wouldnt have known about Gerard and made the connection to her. She had not mentioned Gerard in all the time that she was being tortured, but his house is where she went as soon as she was released. Gerard then returns to the house, and Pauline enquires how it went and whether the flat was fixed. He doesnt answer.