radley all sleeping in the living room; there is now sign of Vince or Tilden.As the play progresses Shelly begins to learn more about the family, she learns that there was a third child but something happened to it. Dodge has done something to it. After a long discussion with in front of the entire family, she comes to find that Tilden has slept with his mother and had a child by the name of Ansal. The Child was later drowned by Dodge and then buried in the back yard. The family has kept this secret for sixteen-years. As the truth finally unfolds there is a weight that is lifted off the shoulders of many, especially Dodge. He is able to die with a sense of relief even though he still bears the pain of having murdered a child he is able to die knowing that he has told someone the families awful secret. After Dodge discloses this secret to Shelly, the reader understands why Tilden has turned into a shell of a man. He loved his first child with all of his heart and when Dodge took the child from him and murdered it he was not able to fill the void in his life, not even with Vince his legitimate child, is Tilden able to live. At the end of the play, Tilden disappears, where the reader is left to figure out what happened, perhaps he committed suicide, or he left to dig up the babies grave, which ever it is Tilden is gone from the lives of those people forever. Vince reappears inebriated to a house, which is nearly dead. Dodge is lying on the coach waiting to die, Bradley is sprawled on the floor and Halie sees Vince and she is the only one who recognizes him and she says, Vince it is you, I always said you were my guardian angel looking down upon me. It is a sign that Vince is going to be the one who is now going to take care of them, he is the one that is going to be able to start the family over again in a positive direction.The ending of this play has closes on a positive note. The rain finally stops the sun is shinning, Dodg...
