... Sunday afternoon in Blue Mountain. Tom obliges his sister and asks his mother the scripted questions that necessarily punctuate this account. Amanda is apparently oblivious to his tone. She catalogues the men and their subsequent fates, how much money they left their widows, how they died carrying her picture. Laura offers to clear the table but Amanda tells her to go study her typewriter ... cultivate charm instead. That's one thing her father had in spades. Commentary With Tom's direct address to the audience, the play identifies itself as a play. It declares that it knows it is a work...

• Word Count: 5517
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School