ting piece by piece of a model together until it was perfect. He learned to speak like everyone, dress like them, and even think like him, but inside he still felt the way he did all along. A simple more obvious theme is the way people judge others based upon appearance. No one would even talked to Merrick at first simply because he was ugly, but once they got to know him they saw that he was actually a beautiful person. Though simple this is an important theme because it happens so much in life. People are so quick to judge others by the way they look or dress when the no nothing about them.Although the play was highly awarded it had several flaws. In the beginning The Dr. appeared to be the main focus of the play, then it switches to Merrick, then in one scene, Dr. Treves is thrown back into the main focus. Then in the end Merrick is again the focus. Another problem is the way society was viewed. This was supposed to based on a true story, but everyone is made to look bad. The authors view on humanity is extremely negative. Know one in the play does anything with good intentions. Also a point is made to say that all of Merrick's sexual organs function normal, but when Mrs. Kendal disrobes for Merrick his only reply is that she is beautiful. He describes the situation as paradise, when any normally functioning male would experience frustration instead. Pomerance wrote with the intentions of expressing several themes but didn't go into deep enough detail to make them clear. The first act of the play leads you to believe that the play will have a much deeper meaning than is revealed in the second act. Throughout the play their are several parts that are difficult to understand. In the beginning of the play it is difficult to understand the doctors intentions with Merrick. Is he trying to fix him, study him or just make him "normal" like everyone else. If they are just trying to make him normal than why is it such a b...
