rmation. Of course, you fail them. They’re nonsense.” John says. And Carol responds: “…no…” In this case John is trying provoke Carol and to let her know that we should question the orthodox, and the very things that we take for granted. And how education has become a ritual, “something-other-than-useful.” That’s because we believe we are all entitled to higher education. Therefore, Carol does not know what is going on in her class. and what it means to be in college. Later on, Carol asks John about her grades. John realizes that the grade was a distraction for her, and the most important thing is to awake her interest. John wants Carol to stop copying notes, and just repeating it back to him. He wants her to use her own words. He is telling her once she has interest in the subject she is studying; she’ll have confidence, and eventually starts succeeding. John gives an example of how he have work his way out of the need to fail. He quotes “ If I fail all the time, it must be that I think of myself as a failure. If I do not want to think of myself as a failure, perhaps I should begin by succeeding now and again.” In the second half of the play, Carol unconsciously learns from John. And she uses that knowledge as her weapon to gain power against John. She files a list of unreasonable complaints on John. She says: “Whatever you have done-to the extent that you’ve done it to me, do you know, rather that to me as a student, and, so, to the student body, is contained in my report. To the tenure committee. Carol uses her list of complaint as threats to John’s tenure. She accuses him being a sexist, elitist, and rapist. Now Carol knows she has the power, and she will determines the truth. When John askCarol “Oh. My God, are you so hurt?” She responds, “What I feel is irrelevant.“ All the weapons come out on be...
