She Kills Monsters Play Analysis

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I would describe She Kills Monsters as hilarious with a twist in the story that also is depressing at times. I laughed until my stomach hurt at some parts and held back tears at others. The play is about Agnes and her younger sister Tilly. Agnes always would ignore Tilly because she was weird and nerdy. Agnes graduated from college just to find out the news of her family being in tragic car accident and dying. After college Agnes became a school teacher. One day she was clearing out Tilly’s room and found a notebook. After finding it she took the notebook a friend of Tilly’s named Chuck. Chuck explained to Agnes that the note book was a Dungeons & Dragons adventure designed for a single player. Agnes starts playing the adventure and soon

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