Sure Thing Play Analysis

Sure Thing This is a one act play with that being said a dramatist must do everything quickly and clearly. Audiences will not sit through a drawn out first act it not like a movie where you can rewind it and look at it again (pg.482). The dramatic structure of the story deals with only two characters Bill and Betty meeting for the first time. The setting is in a cafe and Betty is setting by herself reading at a table. There are continuing engaging conversations between the two characters in which things are said that Betty tends to be somewhat aggravated by. It is like a game show when the conversation gets to a point where there is no meeting of the minds a bell rings and the conversation begins all over again. The bell represents starting over on a new beginning. The exposition really not enough to make a difference because they are just meeting for the

People tend to use physical attraction or sexual necessity as the goal of having a relationship with someone. You also see that they use in some the the scenarios social standing such as colleges, where they live, the type of places they frequent and even what they read. There often a hint of one being more intelligent than the other The sure thing is that constant desire for one of the characters that are searching for a real relationship. The ongoing brush offs that are given by Betty to Bill is to let him now that she not taking a chance on getting involved in a relationship that is not going anywhere. She is not gambling and when she does get into a relationship it is going to be a foregone conclusion that it is a sure bet. The conflict is that the two characters seem never to really get on the same page with one another. Once they both understand the conflict then they are able to work toward building a