The Only Way: A Review of Relationships in

The drama play ‘night Mother, written by Marsha Norman, is a play that involves a woman who decides to commit suicide in the midst of her depression, loneliness, and antagonistic world. Jessie is a complex character that over the span of her lifetime has suffered tremendously from epilepsy, and as a result ends up alone and living with her mother. The two carry on life together, and have come to know exactly what the other …

…daughter has followed her footsteps. The only difference is that she blinded herself from the reality of things or just did not want to admit it, and Jessie was the victim of it. The relationship needed to maintain a stable life was not provided for Jessie, so she feels that she is alone and has no where to go. It is because of this that Jessie feels that her only option is to kill herself.