The Way We Live Now
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– abstract
"" is designed to create a dialogue surrounding the issues of AIDS. The play will confront these issues and allow each reader to explore their own beliefs without being confronted by controversial situations. It is a clear, lyrical piece with emphasis placed on words and individua ....
Middle of paper
.... medical lore results in an eclectic mix of remedies that reach from chicken soup to the patient's favorite jelly beans.
By the end, several of the characters, represented only by voices in the conversation, have had to come to terms not only with the impending loss of their friend, but with their own various and
unsettling responses. The disease, clearly AIDS, is never mentioned by name.
The person at the center of the story serves as a mirror and sign of his friends' own vulnerability. The ....
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Word count: 372
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
