... man would have nothing to be angry about. In fact, Jimmy is a parasite on the other characters, and gets all his identity and meaning from them alone. The plot of the play depicts how each of these factors moves into his life and finds a role, but is found to be unsatisfying and unchallenging and discarded for the next phase. The play focuses on three days in their lives. The Sunday evening of the first act is where Jimmy's angst and the general history and dynamics of the family unit are revealed. In the second act we watch as the status quo crumbles, unhinged by the influences of Helena. In this act, Alison leaves Jimmy and the marriage, and is replaced in the marital bed by her friend Helena. The third act has the purpose of a resolution, returning a now changed Alison to the unit, and witnessing the departure of ...

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