Question

Describe how the relationship between Benton Arrelsford and Captain Thorne advance the action of the play. Explain which character's actions are endorsed by the play, and which character's actions are criticized by the play.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

Thorne and Cress first met through a comm. Cress seems to be tongue-tied and self-conscious, anxious about her appearance. Thorne gets surprised when he looked at her hair, quoting; "Aces...is all that hair?" His first line is the same as Flynn Rider's amazement at Rapunzel's hair in the Disney animation, Tangled.

The play moves forward when they have crash-landing Cress's satellite in a desert where Cress and Thorne spend  days walking in the desert and they become closer to each other. Thorne helps Cress to survive in the desert. When they are in the desert, he was constantly easing her forward and protecting her when needed.

At one point, Cress, hysterically with fever and fatigue because of the desert, she proclaims her love for Thorne. She moans sadly about how she is going to die without ever being kissed him. And Thorne makes a promise that he won't let her die without being kissed. Then they got rescued from the desert a little while later.

Cress’s action was endorsed by the play because she doesn’t have confidence in her looks. She needs public approval to make her feel good.