Реферат: Beyond The Horizon And Diff

with the guilt of knowing he had a part in his brother’s suffering and eventual

death. Ruth’s interference in the course of the Mayo brothers’ lives ruined the

lives of all three, Ruth included. Ruth and Caleb seem to have the same role,

however, Caleb was not the one that revealed his infidelity. Emma’s brother

Jack told her, which makes him the catalyst in Emma and Caleb’s destruction.

Benny, merely took advantage of the situation. Emma’s involvement with Benny,

was her last feeble attempt to find happiness, even though she knew, it was not

what she is looking for. She only thought she loved him, because she was so

desperate to be loved. But because of her own stubbornness, her chances of

happiness are again thwarted. Caleb, asks her one last time to marry him and

still indignant, Emma turns him down. With that, she sends Caleb over the edge

and he kills himself, ruining her last chance to be happy. Only then does Emma

realize what she has done and kills herself in guilt. “Only after Caleb’s death

does she realize that his love for her remained untarnished, while hers for him

was flawed.” Emma’s flaw is her high moral standards, whereas Rob’s is his lack

of foresight. “It is ironic, but the stress is on emptiness, not on the irony.”

The emptiness, as the audience realizes, is all that is left of the characters

of both plays.

Emma Crosby and Rob Mayo were both physically destroyed by the decisions

they made in life. Ruth and Andy, although they survive, they have little left

in them. Ruth is no longer capable of love and Andy is no longer capable of

being a farmer. Instead of a creator he is the destroyer. But unlike Emma and

Rob, Andy and Ruth have the chance to correct their mistakes and get back on

their proper path. If Ruth can get past her bitterness and Andy past his grief

they can still live a happy life. Rob and Emma however, have paid the price in

full, for neglecting their dreams, proving that without their dreams they were

nothing. They were merely the vessel in which their dreams would be realized.

When the dream died, the vessel no longer had a purpose and they were slowly

destroyed.