Changes Brought About By Emotions
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler
Emotions are the most important aspect of a play. Most plays are based around the interpersonal-dynamic, and almost all of such relation is emotion-centered. Through the course of all plays, some kind of social change occurs, and emotions act as a catalyst in many such changes. The strongest of emotions in Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll are those of pride, anger, love and nostalgia.
In Mr. Lawler's play, pride is a powerful catalyst for change. Roo's pride led to him walking out on his cane-cutt…
