One interesting fact about the play that I later learned is that the play was called The Life Machine when it premiered in England. This title seems to imply that the main character’s life is one of a machine rather than …show more content…
She often spoke of how she felt she could not breathe and she wanted to get away from her home and go anywhere else. While the same basic meaning could have been conveyed by merely saying she felt suffocated, the actress went beyond that and truly demonstrated how she felt. I had forgotten to a certain extent that this sort of thing is what sets plays apart from the other forms of art. The physical manifestation of feeling stifled was a way to reflect the main character’s feelings towards her marriage and