LOOT: Dennis

Question 1

DENNIS:
1. (HAL) “A very luxurious type of lad”
2. “I’d like to get married. It’s the one thing I haven’t tried”

Answer 1

1. -> Attraction/homosexuality?
   -> Hedonistic, with lavish tastes?
   - Prosperity from death -> “undertaker”.
2. Causal, nonchalant:
   -> Degrades the societal construct of marriage.
   -> Adventurous, unlike marriage - conforming.

Question 2

DENNIS’ DESIRE/LUST
1. “(to Hal, in tears). She’s turned me down”
2. “a fully productive life”

Answer 2

1. -> Heightened emotion - suspected superficiality, doubt genuineness.
   
   • over-dramatised dropping of the act -> first moment
     of any kind of emotion in the play comedic…
   • ∴ deceptive, self-obsessed nature of play.
2. -> Sexual undertones - central force behind Dennis’ endeavours to form a relationship with Fay = LUST.