Loneliness In The Tea Party

In Tea Party, Keller illustrates aging, with Hester and Alma, as their minds and bodies begin to weaken, and she uses the sisters’ dialogue to show how they become isolated, forgotten, lonely, and desperate for human interaction. Physically and mentally, Hester and Alma begin to weaken and memories become limited. Both sisters are elderly and use canes and wheelchairs to get around their home, caring for each other since they have no one else there for them. Alma and Hester are stubborn and both have a few holes in their memory, especially when it comes to discussing a story their mother told them growing up about their father’s voyage. They get into a disagreement because both sisters firmly believe that the name they remember for the ship is the correct name of the ship from the story. Hester, showing stubbornness, claims she is right because Alma was too young to remember, but Alma showing her stubbornness, claims Hester did not remember either because she was only four when it happened. Dispite not being able to agree on the ship’s name the sisters both agree that they would like to share this

In this drama the women are watching out the window in anticipation for the paperman’s visit to collect his money, showing that they are so lonely and isolated they literally wait for any kind of outside interaction they can receive. The sisters know the exact day and timeframe the paperboy and meter man will be by their house, and try to get them to come in for a tea party, but more importantly to hear their stories of the past and visit with them for a little while. They have obviously been doing these tea parties at least for a little while because they know not only the exact set up they want to obligate him to stay and visit, but they also know the different worker men’s preferred drinks., seen in the sisters’ dialogue with each