Mothers Worst Nightmare !

I do not agree with the MDQ for Night Mother!!

To me the MDQ is "Why does Jesse want to kill herself?"

I chose this as the Major Dramatic Question because this is what the play is about. Though this question does not get answered in a straight forward way before the play ends, this is what the plot revolves around. I don't agree with the first MDQ because it is answered throughout the entire script. Jesse continually says she is going to kill herself. That is the most interesting part to me. As readers, with feelings and emotions, we quickly assume she won't do it. Yeah, she keeps saying she will but after this talk with her mom she won't. Night Mother played on emotions and pure belief. Why does Jesse want to kill herself is a more interesting MDQ. Her killing herself completely became less important to me throughout the script because she repeatedly spoke of doing it.

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