Mud

In Mud I felt Maria Fornes' created a work that is outlandish in a lot of ways but also seems to mirror reality in a way that gives the reader strong emotional ties to the action happening through out the play. I feel that in Fornes' characters Fornes give them each child-like traits but yet they don't come off as being innocent. They are put into situations were they manipulate each other for there own common good. Such as how Llyod takes Henry's money or how Henry takes Mae's money but they do it in way like a kid would do. It almost seems as if they lack the idea of morals. Another thing I felt that brought a lot to this work was the use of the reference of the hermit crab and the star fish. The star fish foreshadowed the last scene while the hermit crab was a metaphor for what was going on between Llyod and Henry. I felt this element highlighted the situation and made suspense in what was going to happen next.