Ask the students in what way they think the jail serves as a metaphor for Jase and Penny's lives. Ask the students how successful they believe the playwright was in achieving this aim. Ask them to suggest how the metaphor chosen by the playwright was extended beyond her choice of setting to other aspects of the script and how it might be extended further in a polished production of the play. Ask them which elements she used most effectively. Ask them to support their answers by referring to specific moments in the play.
Motivation is what impels characters to say what they say and behave as they do.
Discuss how each of the characters functions within the play to illuminate the motivation of the other. In this play, status shifts subtly from one character to the other. Determine the status of each of the characters as the play unfolds and debate who has higher status as the play ends. Remind the students that character and action are fundamental to drama. Characters do what they do because of who they are and what they think.