Analysis Of The Shape Of Things By Neil Labute
A Permanent Essential Identity Have you ever changed your appearance in some sort of way rather it be a haircut or maybe you even lost some weight? As a result you acted in a different manor then normal, or maybe you never even realized it. In society today everyone looks to change who they really are. These changes range from changing your eye color with colored contacts all the way to changing your actual flesh through plastic surgery. The play "The Shape of Things" by Neil LaBute takes place in a college setting where everyone's striving for change. There are four characters in the play Adam, Evelyn, Phillip, and Jenny. Adam is the main character who goes through a transformation that is very clear to the reader, from a geek to a, "prep"
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By changing one little thing, his new haircut Adam begins to morph. After getting his haircut you notice a change in Adam's character. He is not used to showing affection in public but with his new haircut along comes a new attitude. You notice that he has more confidence now when he says "lemme go check the men's room you amaze me," (11). Evelyn says "Kiss me, grasshopper," and they start to kiss as a young couple approaches. Phillip and Evelyn approach them and Phillip notices that Adam lost some weight (15). Before meeting Evelyn, getting his new haircut, and loosing a few pounds he would have never had enough confidence to say that to a girl. As Labute shows in his play the idea of someone having more confidence with physical changes, we realize that that is actually how society is. When someone gets a new haircut or looses some weight for the most part they feel good about themselves. In most cases they want to show themselves off to everyone they know. By changing the way they look they change the way they feel about themselves. They get a new attitude because they think that they look better which in turn makes them be in a better mood and boosts their
By changing one little thing, his new haircut Adam begins to morph. After getting his haircut you notice a change in Adam's character. He is not used to showing affection in public but with his new haircut along comes a new attitude. You notice that he has more confidence now when he says "lemme go check the men's room you amaze me," (11). Evelyn says "Kiss me, grasshopper," and they start to kiss as a young couple approaches. Phillip and Evelyn approach them and Phillip notices that Adam lost some weight (15). Before meeting Evelyn, getting his new haircut, and loosing a few pounds he would have never had enough confidence to say that to a girl. As Labute shows in his play the idea of someone having more confidence with physical changes, we realize that that is actually how society is. When someone gets a new haircut or looses some weight for the most part they feel good about themselves. In most cases they want to show themselves off to everyone they know. By changing the way they look they change the way they feel about themselves. They get a new attitude because they think that they look better which in turn makes them be in a better mood and boosts their