Response to "The Price"

The Price

When reading this play through for the first time, it initially makes no sense. None at all. Its almost off putting. The conversation goes from reading glasses to dead babies and its quite hard to follow. But this is a play that is very smartly written that raises issues without you even realising (For example, the play mentions greek currency as a refrence to the financial crisis, which I did not realise until a classmate raised the point). The play sparks many questions when analysed properly with out making it directly obvious that the play is more or less a political and social commentary. The play is appropriately set in a supermarket (considering the play is centered around money, and material objects) Some of the issues/questions asked were : 

• Are we obsessed with money?
• How much are we willing to pay for things?
• How have we got to this point?
• Does money always reflect value?
• The objectification of children
• The importantce of material things
• Being unable to meet financial demands

I think the tounge in cheek manner that the play is presented in makes the play slightly hard to understanb but im glad I had to read it a second time. As it is well worth the read.