The table 5th post for Idiot Savant

The table. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I feel that the table represents something about the second woman on stage. However, I also feel that the table has its own meaning as well. The table in this play is used to represent the strength of language. It is there to show that words must have meaning, they cannot simply be thrown about and scattered amongst a conversation. It is necessary that you know the meaning of the word and that you use it in the right context. Words cannot just be used without having meaning behind it, this is what the Idiot Savant is trying to show us when he does take the table out of the wall. I remember him taking the table and hoisting it over his head. All of this is to make an example of the table, to bring it to our attention, not just in the sense that it means something, but to convey that it represents so much more. Also the fact that it was a strong wooden table made the point come across so much clearer to me. All in all it is showing that language needs a base and must be founded on something strong. Make your words stick by using the right ones, not just anyones. As for the woman, having her come out from behind the table represents how much stronger she really is. To describe the situation, the Wilem Defoe's character took the table out of the wall, and inside of that same wall was that woman crouched inside. By having her come out from there and entering on stage in an odd sort of way shows to us that she is going to be much different than the first woman to appear on stage. It shows us that first of all she is much stronger, and second of all, she is going to be a different from the other people on stage (which in this play is not hard by any means). Having her come out after the table is taken out shows that she is going to follow in the same footsteps of the table. She is going to be strong. The second woman always did seem so much stronger in her tone of voice and her questioning. She was not compassionate at all, she did not get along with the first woman, and she always seemed to be somewhat scary. The whole point of this representation was to show how she was strong. It represents how she was different, she was his other alter ego. She was the bad half of his conscious in a way. the first woman entered stage conventionally and was more sympathetic to the Idiot Savant. The second woman on the other hand was his bad half, showing this through her dark and almost hidden entrance from behind the table. Showing how she is not necessarily wanted but she is making her appearance whether the Idiot Savant knows it or not. The Idiot Savant did seem somewhat angry at the first woman when he took the table out of the wall. All of this representing that he was so fed up with her and he was angry. Because of this he brought out he evil side, when he took the table out. This is how the woman were his "angel and devil". He evoked them, he brought them out of himself because when he was calm in the beginning, he was level headed and trying to think nice and clearly. When the second woman came on stage, he brought her out because he was angry and began to lose focus. This is why he took the table out also. The Idiot Savant was so fed up with meaningless talk that he needed to show the first woman to be strong and have meaning in her words. This is why she was getting now where, because her words were not strong at all.