A FOCUS OF FEELINGS
In the play, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, by William Inge tells a story of an unhappy, quarreling family in Oklahoma in the early 1920’s. This family – the Rubin Flood family – all were insecure, fearful and continually engulfed in self-pity. The daughter Reenie Flood accepted a blind date to a dance at the country club which was being sponsored by a snobbish socialite family in town. Reenie’s date was Sammie Goldenbloom who was an unwanted orphan. But Sammie was a sensitive boy and a very caring date. Reenie Flood was elated that a person could care so much for her as did Sammie. She had danced all evening with Sammie and suddenly realized that no other boy had asked to dance with her. She was concerned that Sammie would think that she was not popular. She decided that she would deceive Sammie into thinking she had been dancing with others. She was actually hiding out…
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