a was carefree and didntthink a thing of the gun that her daughter got from the attic and started cleaning. Jessiewas the one who skirted around the idea of the real issue at hand, but at this moment wesee the point where Jessie gets fed up with life. Jessie is tired of being a nobody and tiredof having nobody. Jessie is tired of being her mothers caretaker and housekeeper, andnot getting much appreciation. She has been shunned by not only society but even by theclosest of her family. After over a year of her search for a true salvation from this horriblefate, she decides there is only one way. From the very first page of the play, it is clear thatJessie has no intentions of changing her mind or being persauded to do so by the beggingsof her mother. Jessie is going to take her life this very night, and no one can stop her. This is a decision she has made all on her own over a long period of time. Jessie is proudof her decision because it is one of the first decisions that she is going to make andactually have full control over her life. She sees suicide as the only way to gain control ofher full body and mind, similar to Hedda. Although Hedda sees it as the only thing shecan completely control in her life, Jessie sees this as an opportunity to end her misery, andto do so all on her own. The power of truth plays a significant role in Jessies freedom. Although the obvious subject of the play is suicide, it actually more deeply deals with thesearch for truth and the necessity of dismantling the illusions that prevent us from reachingour potential. At one point, when Mama is asking Jessie why she is going to do this,Jessie explains to her mother, Mama . . . Im just not having a very good time and I donthave any reason to think itll get anything but worse. Im tired. Im hurt. Im sad. I feelused. (Norman 22). If one looks at the play from this angle, it is evident that Jessie feelsas though she has been cut short. She has los...
