It is clear that Carol is failing the course because she is incapable. However, Carol feels that it is not because she is a bad student, but because John is a bad teacher. She goes to his office to tell him that she couldn’t afford to fail and that she has tried everything to try to understand but she still can’t. John understands her problem and offers to give her an �

�A” for the term if she stops by his office more often and talk about what she doesn’t understand. Carol asks “why would you do this for me” and he replies “because I like you”. Carol doesn’t understand why he likes her and John tells her that he believes that “perhaps we’re similar”. This is where John’s demise starts unraveling.

Oleanna shows how easy it is for a woman to twist the truth, especially when it is her word against a man’s. Through certain mistakes made by John, Carol is able to manipulate the mistakes into big lies. Although the play may appear to be misogynistic, John too is somewhat responsible for his demise. Still, he did not deserve what happened to him.

Although Carol is mostly responsible for what happens to John, he too made certain mistakes. John abused his power as a teacher. He was even going to break the rules for Carol by giving her A when she didn’t deserve one. He under minded her by using his large vocabulary that he knew that she wouldn’t understand. H

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