This is true because, the previous play never touched on the theme of the importance of being true to oneself. From the dialogue above, it could be seen that, the wife, Linda is trying to understand why the husband left them to die.
To her, the husband disappointed her greatly by not quitting the job when it starting taking a toll on him.<em> The whole theme centered on the importance of being true to oneself rather than taking the easy route to quit life due to difficulties experienced.</em>
Compared to a speaker who is less confident and apprehensive, the very confident speaker is seen as being more accurate, competent, credible, smart, informed, likeable, and convincing.