hills like white elephants

The instance of double-communication must be cleared up first. The girl sees things symbolically while the man sees things literally. The ambiguity hinges on the dubious “it”. To the girl “it” and “the world” seems to mean the baby and their love, while to him “it” is literally the world where they can travel. A probable interpretation is that the girl suddenly realizes that everything is lost and that she knows that their relationship will be different no matter what she decides to do. She ends the scene by saying: ”I realize”, ¼ “Can’t we maybe stop talking?” The question is how to arrange the movements of the two “student-actors” so that body postures and movement can convey the subtext. Does he come after her to bring her back?

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