BA#3 black bird

Blackbird was a difficult play to comprehend because it makes the viewer second guess their morals. The story has a man who is 40 years old having a sexual relationship with a 12 year old girl. At first many would think that it is wrong and disgusting but as the story progresses you begin to feel bad for him and at some points you feel like it was questionable.  At some points though it got to the point to where you think she deserved it.  She acted like she still wanted it, she wanted to forgive him, wanted to go back to what they had. The part that actually makes you feel bad for him is that he was trying to escape her, trying to get away and start his life over. Ray pleaded for her to leave and tell her to forget him, but she refuses to leave and harasses him into at last kiss her and touch her again.  Whether she was young or old she wanted to be with him, whether it was because "something up stairs wasn't working right" or because she truly was in love with him. The question that is frequently asked during the play is "Is what he did right or wrong?" Did he truly have feelings for her or was he a pedophile with an obsession? This question is hard to respond to because morally we believe that a man who is 40 having sex with a girl who is 12 is a pedophile like description. But when you think about how he treated her and how they reacted towards each other you begin to believe he was truly in love with her. The whole story is that of which it makes you question yourself and makes you think about what is question your thoughts about what age love could or could not be able to be developed or understood.  she thought she loved him and he thought he loved her but there idea may not be the one which would oversee the consequences of a mature sexual relationship.