David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Rabbit Hole was a beautiful and bittersweet story of loss, survival and the life-affirming power of family relationships filled with distinctive wit and grace. The plot centered on the impact of the accidental killing of a small child in a car accident, which shaken the lives of an American family and their attempts to come to terms with the impossible and emerge stronger than before. The two grieving parents, Becca, the protagonist of the play and Howie; serve as examples of how gender roles in the family were not always relevant. In their situation of grievance, although they both appeared to set forth their appropriate gender roles in public as demanded by society, in the privacy of their
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It centered primarily on grief because it was a play about a woman who was stuck in her grief and her journey to take the tiny first step into the healing process. There were a whole bunch of different processes and it reminded us of the tragic things in life that could affect relationships. Each of the relationships within the play was strained due to the different individual reactions expressed, resulting in disagreements. There were five stages of grief shown (Kϋbler-Ross) and how differently it could be applied to the individual characters throughout the plot. They were denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. In the earlier part of the play, Becca dealt with the state of denial and anger, especially when she was jealous of Izzy being pregnant. She believed that Izzy was not capable of taking care of her own life, much less having to bear the responsibility of a child. Also, she fought with Howie when he did not see the wrong in Izzy’s recent fight …show more content…
What are you-? Why are you defending her?
(David Lindsay-Abaire, “Rabbit Hole”, 1.2. 16-19)
Becca proceeded to the third stage of grief, which is bargaining. She got rid of Danny’s clothing, artwork and taping over the home videos. At this stage, Becca already had a mindset of ‘I can move on if I don’t see any memories of him’. Depression was apparent during the entirety of the play, and was a motif that nearly broke Howie and Becca apart. Towards the end, it was their realization of accepting Danny’s death that allowed them to understand the importance of one another. Motherhood and loss were comprehensively explored throughout the play, especially on the different coping methods between Becca and Howie. It have definitely been proven how a loss could have driven the parents’ relationship to nuts and the emotional attachment a mother has to her child. This wedge was clearly affecting their marriage and sex life since it was almost impossible for Becca to get over Danny, much less being on the same track with Howie. The interrelationship between both themes, revolved around the characters with their awareness of Danny’s death. There were a series of examples, for instance, the conversation between Izzy and Becca. These two women, ultimately, mothers whom portrayed individual differences regarding views of motherhood and the coping of the loss of a loved one. In Izzy’s perspective, she saw motherhood as something that could prove the clarity of a person and she chose
It centered primarily on grief because it was a play about a woman who was stuck in her grief and her journey to take the tiny first step into the healing process. There were a whole bunch of different processes and it reminded us of the tragic things in life that could affect relationships. Each of the relationships within the play was strained due to the different individual reactions expressed, resulting in disagreements. There were five stages of grief shown (Kϋbler-Ross) and how differently it could be applied to the individual characters throughout the plot. They were denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. In the earlier part of the play, Becca dealt with the state of denial and anger, especially when she was jealous of Izzy being pregnant. She believed that Izzy was not capable of taking care of her own life, much less having to bear the responsibility of a child. Also, she fought with Howie when he did not see the wrong in Izzy’s recent fight …show more content…
What are you-? Why are you defending her?
(David Lindsay-Abaire, “Rabbit Hole”, 1.2. 16-19)
Becca proceeded to the third stage of grief, which is bargaining. She got rid of Danny’s clothing, artwork and taping over the home videos. At this stage, Becca already had a mindset of ‘I can move on if I don’t see any memories of him’. Depression was apparent during the entirety of the play, and was a motif that nearly broke Howie and Becca apart. Towards the end, it was their realization of accepting Danny’s death that allowed them to understand the importance of one another. Motherhood and loss were comprehensively explored throughout the play, especially on the different coping methods between Becca and Howie. It have definitely been proven how a loss could have driven the parents’ relationship to nuts and the emotional attachment a mother has to her child. This wedge was clearly affecting their marriage and sex life since it was almost impossible for Becca to get over Danny, much less being on the same track with Howie. The interrelationship between both themes, revolved around the characters with their awareness of Danny’s death. There were a series of examples, for instance, the conversation between Izzy and Becca. These two women, ultimately, mothers whom portrayed individual differences regarding views of motherhood and the coping of the loss of a loved one. In Izzy’s perspective, she saw motherhood as something that could prove the clarity of a person and she chose