"Two Can Play" by Trevor Rhone

"Two Can Play" is a play about a couple that is trying to escape to America due to the political war going on their country, Jamaica. They live in a deprived and lower middle income area, which confirmed the readers that the place was affected by this warfare.

The couple, Jim and Gloria, face problems in their relationship and most of the play exposes their conversations and how they treated each other. Jim, for example, was very demanding and self- centered; he always wanted Gloria to do as he says. Gloria, on the other hand, had to make all the decisions, but she stood up to Jim and ordered him to treat her well and with respect.

They had three children that were sent by them to America to try to obtain their citizenship.

I think this play was funny and fascinating because the plot caught my attention from the start. It was very interesting to see the way they talked and how they referred to each other. I would definitely recommend this play to anyone that is looking for entertainment and is curious of how people of different cultures live and their characteristics. I learned a lot of how in a relationship there should be trust and honesty, because it was shown in Jim and Gloria's relationship, how they lacked these two phenomenons and how their marriage was almost broken without them.

Acts I-III of "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen

"A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen is one of his famous and unique plays. In Act I, the play opens on Christmas eve with Nora Helmer talking to her husband Torvald Helmer about her desires for Christmas decorations and that she wanted everything to be perfect. She was very ambitious and always brought up (to anyone) a conversation about Torvald's new job, in which he was going to be paid more.

In Act II we see that her ambitions lead to a mysterious surprise in which she borrowed money from Krogstad, a man who worked for Torvald, so she could travel with her husband and family to Italy because of her husband's illness. She lies to Torvald that her father gave them the money, but the problem was that this happened after her father's death. This is where the drama starts and Nora starts to stress out on how she is going to pay the debt; and on top of that, Torvald is firing Krogstad and giving his position to Nora's friend, Kristine Linde.

Nora is very immature and Linde tells her to grow up because Nora thinks that everything is money and that money means happiness. At first, the author has us thinking that the characters of Nora and Linde are very different; Nora being so ambitious and wanting money for her desires and Linde struggling to get money to take care of her siblings and mother; but later, we learn that they are not so different after all. Nora hides the secret of borrowing money from Krogstad to help her husband and is now stressing out to pay the debt.

I think that Nora should tell Torvald about what she did because sooner or later he will find out and everything will turn into a mess. If Krogstad sends the letter to Torvald saying what Nora did, Torvald will get mad, so that is why I think that Nora should tell him before Krogstad, even though if she thinks that he will be embarrassed.

This play certainly shows how male and female genders are not equally treated. First of, because of how Torvald treated Nora, calling her different nicknames and always treating her like a little girl, like if she was not capable of doing anything important; he thought her only job was to be in the house, cleaning it and taking care of her children. Secondly, because Nora was afraid of telling Torvald that she borrowed money from Krogstad and that she was going to pay him back, making him seem like he was not capable of paying his own things and having his wife paying them for him.

In Act III, we see that everything is revealed and Torvald finally knows what Nora did. Instead of being thankful, he gets mad at her and is embarrassed of Nora borrowing money from Krogstad for his own illness. At the end, Nora decides to leave the house and maintain herself, without Torvald's help. This is where her character changes and goes out looking for a new start and new life. It was very unexpected to see that Nora will leave Torvald and would face him like she did, which I think it was the start of Nora becoming more mature and able to make her own decisions.

Reflection on "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell

I find this play interesting and mysterious. It reflects how the author has feminist views, when she shows two female characters that solve a mystery that male characters couldn't solve. I think it was realistic because of the way men treated women. Although there were laws to maintain gender equality, women were oppressed by men, and that is just reality.

The men, being involved in the mystery, don't pay attention to the little things, in this case the "trifles", or unimportant issues, that interest the women and which they laugh at, will actually lead them to the answer they're looking for. I think the women should have given them what they founded and show them that they are not just "ladies who just worry about trifles", but that it is more than that. The men miss all the evidence considering that "worrying about trifles" was just beneath them and not important.

I think the canary and the birdhouse details were very intriguing, because Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters had to think through what has happened before in Mrs. Wrights life, to consider the bird as a symbol of her life.

It is very obvious that the author concerns about sex roles and she wants to prove a point. She clearly worries about women roles in society and in this play, she wants to convince the reader or viewer to recognize women's and men's different perspectives, and sets up a tension in the drama.