Depression is the main reason for a person to commit suicide, like Jessie does in the play “night Mother” by Marsha Norman. In the play, Jessie plays a role of a very quiet and lonely character. She lives with her mother after her husband Cecil has left her. After that she does not even like to talk on the phone. Moreover, she does not even have any friends to go out for shopping or to spend time with. She is so lonely and sad.

Jessie keeps herself busy taking care of her mother and the house. When she speaks that, “I made a list of things. How the washer works. Things like that (1413).” This word proves that she keeps herself busy taking care of her mother’s house and does the all house works. And while she says that, “Can

Moreover, Jessie is sick, she has epilepsy. When her mother thought that it is because of epilepsy Jessie wants to commit suicide, she says, “It won’t kill me. If it would, I wouldn’t have to (1415).” This word proves that epilepsy has nothing to do with her crazy decigan of ending her life.

Last night of Jessie’s life and the last talk between her and her mother makes Norman to choice title her play ‘night Mother? After a long talk with her mother Jessie shot herself at the end and the play gets over, too. Therefore, the “night Mother” title is the right title for this play.

Even her mother asks her to get job so she can feel better and have change in life. But in return Jessie says that, “ I took that telephone sales job and I didn’t even make enough money to pay the phone bill, and I tried to work at the gift shop at the hospital and they said I made people real uncomfortable smiling at them the way I did (1418)”. This quote s

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