Diana character study.

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                                                                                                          Aparna kadan 10F

                                Diana character study

     Diana married to Paul, rich, with a sister Barbara and 2 children away at boarding school, seems like any simple ordinary housewife but when you look deeper, her character is much more than simple. At the beginning of the play we see the indirect and kind hearted side of her character when she tries to get Evelyn to admit she was having an affair with Paul. She doesn’t ask the question directly or harshly, instead edges her way into the question slowly, and indirectly going off the topic at numerous times. When she finally asks Paul to confess his affair, rather then in a harsh and hurtful way she says it in very subtle which works just as well. She says ’’and now you’re making up for it aren’t you dearest? , With your other little’’. She’s kind hearted and doesn’t want to hurt anyone but the situation causes her to swear at Evelyn. She never intends to hurt anyone but is rewarded for this with deceit and unfaithfulness from her husband Paul. The scene where Diana pours cream on Paul’s head not only shows us how much she despises Paul but also her way of communicating her feelings. She does not scream or curse him but instead gets her feeling across in a calm and collected way that shows us how utterly upset she is.

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      She and Paul have a very nervous relationship as we see at the beginning where she and Paul have a fight and it leaves Diana in tears. She is a very sensitive woman and all her friends think so as well. when Diana runs out sobbing into the kitchen after looking at Colin and carols pictures, Marge says that Diana is very sensitive and Colin says that Diana ‘’flings herself into whatever she does, heart and soul’’. Diana also is also very empathetic and feels every ones pain.

     However she does not handle her emotions ...

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