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Six Degrees of Separation

John Guare
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38 pages • 1 hour read

John Guare

Six Degrees of Separation

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1990

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  • Summary

    • Play Summaries & Analyses

  • Sections 1-2

  • Sections 3-4

  • Sections 5-6

  • Sections 7-8

  • Sections 9-10

  • Character Analysis

  • Themes

  • Symbols & Motifs

  • Important Quotes

  • Essay Topics

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  • Discussion Questions

    • Essay Topics

    1.

    How are concerns about family central to both Paul and Ouisa’s choices and actions?

    2.

    When Paul first meets Ouisa and Flan, he claims that Sidney Poitier is his father. Why is the fact that Poitier is an actor symbolically significant?

    3.

    The Kandinsky painting that revolves above the stage has two sides, one “geometric and somber” and the other “wild and vivid” (3). How does this reflect Paul’s character and Ouisa’s development throughout the play?

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