Describe the marriage of Paulina and Gerardo

Gerard asserts his eminence in his relationship with Pauline he believes his cogent words will always claim its desired effect on Palings actions. Of course Im going to listen to you. Havent I always listened to you? And he is affect when she doesnt listen. You believe too much in your knowledge powers of persuasion. He is truly manipulative, such as in the beginning of the play in which he is unsatisfied with the response he received, he continues to urge Pauline until he take gains the answer he wanted, also going behind her venture.He acted as though he genuinely automobileed ab pop her opinion in the matter of his spotlight on he committee when in reality, he had already accepted. Yes. Told him Id do it. Yes. Before asking you. . He also appears to be a den and doesnt seem to understand women as well as he likes. Pauline is a suspicious wife, knowing that Gerard did it once, he could very well do it again and with that, she insinuates his infidelity numerous times be fore prohibitedright managing to get him to cede to it.Though despite that, they are still married and do cast out each other, her going as far as protecting Gerard era she was macrocosm twistd unless not saying anything about him. They make sacrifices for each other as ell. How does the play. Inherit use details of the backdrop and atmosphere to illustrate the mood of the play? They are in a small(a) beach house with a balcony and are able to attend the ocean. It also sounds secluded which isolates the pic. They use moonlight to light some precise part of the scene which omits everything else and has us focusing on one event part which might bring a mood.The atmosphere shifts constantly with Pauline sort of falling in and out of sanity creating a oddly dramatic mood to the play, pulling you to keep reading to figure out what she does next. When Reboots atmosphere shows a sort of irritants and confusion it has you wondering whether he sincerely is innocent. The last s cene too, with the mirror having it reflect back at you leaves you to really take a good look at yourself and contri only ife you prize hard about the events of the play having you fill out the gaps in which the cause left ambiguous.Assess Palings actions. Why does she react precisely in the way that she does? Palings actions were turn over and brave bordering on the edge Of crazy. She has been deeply traumatized by her past which leads to her paranoia and individualised vendetta that she has laced upon Roberto. Pauline acts precisely in the way that she does because for cardinal years she has been haunted by her rape and torture which leaves her in an tottering state of mind which had finally cotton the best of her when the man she claims to be one of her captors show up on her doorstep.What would be Justice Pauline? Feel that for Pauline to find her justice would be for the people who ca-ca traumatized her to admit what they have done and be punished for it. Her idea to p rime(prenominal) retaliate in the same fashion (to rape him with a b path handle 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 written confession. Her new idea to have the permitter written seems to satisfy her in a way that she would determine 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 police into her own hands, she has been able to gather the kind of answers only she could be searching for. What problems does an causality face in dramatists torture? How does Doorman achieve this? When traumatizing torture, the problem rather possibly the rate at which you reveal it.Doorman achieved the perfect amount of torture by hinting bits and pieces to get you thinking and thusly finally reeling us in with the entire story and his ability to constantly shift the balance of savvy between the oppressed and the oppressor. What employment do sexuality and sexual/ sex activity roles play in the drama? There are a sight of examples that suggest sexist views from the male characters. Both Gerard and Miranda speak of women as misidentify pieces that are completely inhuman and act as though it is a shared knowledge between them.Gerard appears to have a dominant role over Pauline, acting manipulative toward her and believing he has a high 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(prenominal) 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 guest 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 background signal for this play? Ariel Doorman carefully explains in his stage directions that demise and the initiative is set in a country that is probably Chile but could be any country that has given itself a democratic political sympathies just after a long period of dictatorship which helps us to understand what exactly the significance is of Greasers position on the commission nominate to investigate the crimes committed under the regime. It plays one of the most 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 personal 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 iniquity 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 room, listening, and then goes in. A confused muffled shout is heard then silence. Pauline goes back to her own mom and locks the door.She then goes back onto Reboots room and pulls out what suspiciously looks like a organic structure before wing it to a chair. 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 tied(p) to a chair. Act 1, Scene 4 Its early in the morning and Roberto is tied to a chair and gagged only just light 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 proceeds to converse with him almost normally. She begins her monologue lamentable from one topic to another. A friend Roberto might be asso ciate to, her early career as a student to become a doctor 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 love 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 fetch 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 ha d very few 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 why he wouldnt have known about Gerard and make 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 prostrate was fixed. He doesnt answer.