It seems that both Harper and Joe have been in denial about Joe's homosexuality, and that Harper's fear of the truth has come out in the form of these mysterious and freaky visions.Įarlier in the play Joe reveals to Roy that Harper was most likely abused while growing up. When Joe at long last admits to Harper that he's gay, he says, "I'm the man with the knives" (2.9.62). (It's interesting and ironic that, although Harper is afraid to leave the apartment, she constantly dreams of travel.)īesides friendly travel agents, Harper also has paranoid fantasies that men with knives are coming get her. Lies, a hallucinated version of the travel agent who helped her and Joe book their flight from Salt Lake City to New York. Her constant companion throughout the play is Mr. Agoraphobic (afraid of public places) and hooked on valium, Harper spends most of her time hallucinating in her Brooklyn apartment while her husband, Joe, is away from home. A quirky, loveable mess, but a mess all the same.
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