She puts them in the class of “gay,” which to her is like separating apples and oranges. Marion was pleased that Collin was able to find “someone like [Arthur]” (1090). She stereotypes and classifies the entire gay community when she refers to Collin’s lover as “someone like…” Arthur, however, takes offense to this and reassures her that “[Collin] didn’t find ‘someone like’ [him]. It was [him]” (1090). This isn’t to say that Arthur is free of guilt. He puts Marion in a class that he has created for all heterosexuals. This class is “the class that hates all gays.” The prejudice and intolerability not only lay with Marion, but also with Arthur. Throughout the drama, he constantly reminds Marion that Collin did love another in the same way that he loved her. “Life’s little surprises” (1088) angered Marion. She cannot accept the fact that “[Collin] died in [Arthur’s] arms, not [hers]” (1090). Arthur, however, does throw this fact in many times during the drama, only causing Marion more hurt and pain. There are times, however, when both Marion and Arthur do not criticize or condemn the other for the choices they have made. When it came to Jimmy, Marion’s Ludwig, 4son, the two of them had the same concept of what childhood was. However, Jimmy’s childhood innocence, the freedom from experiencing the adult world, had already been destroyed. They were both aware of this and agreed on almost all issues that dealt directly with Jimmy. Marion and Arthur’s sensitivity toward Collin is also very similar. They were both sensitive during his time of crisis. Marion allowed him to live with her “until he was well” (1092). She knew, however, that “there was no cure” (1092) for what he had. She spent time with him, exhausting herself in efforts to try to get him ba...
