This is a response to Rosemary Moore's short play, "Pain of Pink Evenings".
This piece is appealing to me because it employs specificity to counterbalance and accentuate the complexity of the narrative. The play is narrated by Tracy, a single mother who has lost her husband. The details the text provides paints a vivid description that throws me quickly into the world of characters and experience affect. I will be adapting the descriptive approach here in my own work.
The introduction of a sub-text, narrated by Tracy, about her father is very appealing. In fact, this sub-text allows me to grasp the emotional state of Tracy, what she holds dear, and the profundity of loss, after burying both her father and husband.
If this text was to be revised, I would suggest that the relationship between young Tracy (in relation to her father) be developed further. This can serve as a counterpoint to Tracy's relationship with her husband, revealing how she deals with loss and male relationships.
This was a great, short, read.
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