Blog post 33. In Scuba Lessons, there was evidence that Kelly and Dan had previously dated. What evidence from the play makes you think that they will or will not make it in this budding relationship.
In "Scuba Lessons" the writer creates a scenario in which four individuals find themselves in awkward and confusing situations. Kelly and Dan are portrayed as coworkers that are “friends” so to speak. And Martin and Rayne are the blind dates of Kelly and Dan. In the beginning of the play Kelly is having an internal conversation with herself. She begins to relay the satiation at hand and a few details that the readers need to be aware of in order to fully understand what is going on throughout the play. Initially Kelly mentions dreaming about her “mister right” and how she just knows that she will meet him on this blind date. As she is doing so, she mentions how her “friend” Dan also has a blind date and how she suggested that they should meet at the same place (the coffee house) incase either of their evenings take a turn for the worse. The fact Kelly wants to be around Dan on their dates is a big red flag to me. Either she finds security with is presence or just wants to keep an eye on him making sure he doesn’t have a good time invites the readers to believe there might be something there that is a little more than friendship. Also a big sign that Kelly and Dan might have had a fling is that Kelly by stating “That’s Dan. He likes me. But we’re not. No. I mean he’s sweet. We always do stuff like this together. Well not like this. We do things. Sometimes we come here and get coffee. Well he gets coffee. I don’t like coffee. Or tea. Actually I hate tea; but, we’re just friends. It’s hard to explain. Dan and I ... ... we just—.” The fact that she is up in the air about how she defines their friendship can only cause the readers to believe that there is history. As the play progresses it seems as though Dan and Kelly are those people that have feelings for each but both are too proud or ashamed to do anything about it. There is evidence at the end of the play that suggest that both Kelly and Dan don’t like to talk about their feelings. They hide their feelings behind insults and harsh comments. When Kelly finally mentions that they held hands and that she wanted Dan to be jealous of her dating other men I felt like a wall was torn down be the two. Now they are able to act on their feelings and leave the animosity they had towards each other in the past and move on.
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Great use of examples Emily. I liked the way you integrated a quote from the play itself to show the point you were trying to make. I would have to agree that there was definitely some kind of past relationship between the two, but the question as to whether or not their relationship will work again is undecided. I don't think anyone can really make that judgment besides the couple themselves. Great job overall.
ReplyDeleteI really like your picture! It gives me the impression of Dan and Kelly (and their holding hands). Your blog definitely made some great points and used ample and legitimate evidence from the story to state your view. You could use this argument to persuade someone who may think they won't end up together. It stinks that it is so up in the air and nobody knows! I think maybe you could have taken examples of what would indicate they wouldn't be together and argue against them to make your points more valid. But you did a great job and definitely made me undecided! I liked the quote you used from Kelly, her character definitely can't hide her feelings for Dan and that quote is one great example of it.
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