The lady in yellow also caused the other ladies to reminisce about their own times when they were younger and things were simpler. I think she helped these ladies to take a breather from their own circumstances and remember when they were happier and sex wasn't a bad thing. I'm not advocating pre-marital sex or anything, but I'm saying that these women had complicated relationships to the idea of sex. The lady in yellow helped them to remember when it was actually a good thing to be in love and happy. This makes her a very important character in the poem.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Lady in Yellow
I really connected with the Lady in Yellow the most in the play. She seems to be the most naive in the beginning, and she really relates the pressures of being "the only virgin at graduation." To me, symbolizes happiness and sunshine, and this lady was one of the only ones (in the beginning) to seem to be excited and happy about her circumstances. She was thrilled when she lost her virginity in the back of a car. Why? I think it was because it was what everyone else was doing. I think that her story is so universal because how many times do we just do things because others are doing them? In high school, the pressure to be like everyone else is intense, and this lady succumbed to those pressures.
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i loved the yellow lady! she cracked me up at times because of her excitement. yellow is one of the best colors to describe her. i dont know if i would necissarily go that far to say she was happy to loose her virginity because everyone else was doing it. i think she loved the feeling of life that it gave her. she loved life so much now, loved being in love and loved being happy and in some ways sex makes things more intimate.
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