There is an abundance of examples where In the Next Room pulled these emotions out of me. One major example of this is on page 103, after Dr. Givings has witnessed Catherine putting her hand to Leo’s cheek, he says “My darling, I don’t mind.” She then gets extremely angry with her husband for not feeling jealousy towards Leo and storms off saying: “Don’t talk to me tonight! Don’t talk to me tomorrow! I will take my breakfast in my own room!” My initial thoughts are: how ridiculous and humorous that she is dealing with this issue so immaturely in her marriage—acting as if she is a sixteen-year-old girl hungry for her boyfriend’s attention.
However, after reading through the entirety of the play, I find this section to be rather sad. Their
relationship is so lacking in emotional maturity and in intimacy that he feels he cannot tell her if he does feel jealous, and she throws a fit if he does not react the way she desires. It is incredibly sad how two people can be in what is supposed to be one of the most intimate relationships in their lives, but do not know how to be that way with one another. Another example of my experience of this same emotion is when he finally admits his jealousy during the time of Catherine’s hand being placed upon Leo’s cheek, and he asks if she loves Mr. Irving—her response is “a little.” This is another section that appears to be pure humor on the surface, but when you take in all Ruhl has given you, you can begin to see that Catherine Givings probably has absolutely no clue what love feels like—or what love even is. She believes that she loves this man whom she has barely gotten to know, but she is simply naïve. This is also similar to when Eurydice writes to Orpheus and tells him “I still love you, I think” she too does not understand her own feelings. When I think about how it must feel for someone to not even be aware of what actual love feels like, I bear sorrow for these characters.
My least favorite aspect of this play was the ending. The ending confused me and was anticlimactic. It was not funny and not entertaining at all.
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The characters address the audience; the fast movement from scene to scene juxtaposing past and present and prevents us from identifying with particular characters, forcing us to assess their points of view; there are few characters who fail to repel us, as they display truly human complexity and fallibility. That fallibility is usually associated with greed and a ruthless disregard for the needs of others. Emotional needs are rarely acknowledged by those most concerned with taking what they maintain is theirs, and this confusion of feeling and finance contributes to the play's ultimate bleak mood.
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reach into the ideas and themes of the play so we will have a good
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