Night Mother

I don’t agree with the MDQ being “Will Jesse kill herself?” I believe that the question can be formed more specifically to fit the plot of the play. The reason I believe the dramatic question isn’t specific enough is because Jesse’s decision to kill herself isn’t the main puzzle piece to the plot. Mother and Jesse have a long conversation about the past including why Jesse has seizures, mother tells how she never loved Jesse’s dad, and they both expose their deepest personal issues they have trouble dealing with daily. All of these things seem to be what cause Jesse to kill herself in the end. Even though the decision of Jesse killing herself was introduced early, it wasn’t until later we found out her true reasons for her actions. This is how I came to the question “Is the information Mother tells Jesse going to cause Jesse to kill herself?”. The answer is “no”, which is why the play continues. Jesse basically explains that the reason why she plans to kill herself is because she didn’t become the person she thought she would be, she was unhappy and alone. The reasons for her not becoming who she thought she would be is because her mother with held information from her about her health and her mother set her up with Cecil, the husband that left her. I believe Jesse felt that she had no purpose and the long truthful conversation she had with her mother just pushed her over the edge. Ultimately, Jesse’s suicide was a culmination of things not just her initial decision like the original question suggests. My question allows for the other factors to be considered before finding the answer to the dramatic question.