Summary Of Death And The Maiden By Ariel Dorfman

Death and the Maiden tells the story of a woman who was raped and tortured by the doctor during the violent dictatorship. In â€Å"Death and the Maiden†, Ariel Dorfman portrays the idea that you must seek justice for your struggles. Paulina, Gerardo and Roberto show that through context of the story that you must act upon any issues that happened in the past. Paulina being tortured 15 years ago still made her try to bring justice to the situation by tying Roberto to a chair and holding her own trial. She suspects that Roberto is the torturer and demands or threatens him for a confession and apology. Paulina is the victim of sexual harassment and torture during the violent Chilean dictatorship. She believes that the guy, Roberto, who†¦show more content†¦Paulina thinks that she won’t get justice from the Investigating Commission where her husband has been recently appointed. So, Paulina wants to put doctor on trial but ends up offering Gerardo compromise that if Roberto accepts his guilty, she will let him go. In the meantime, the doctor doesn’t want to confess. When crazy people have power, youve got to indulge them. ( pg 46) Gerardo tries to convince that the doctor to follow the Paulina’s demands and confess to the crimes of which he asserts to be guiltless. Acknowledging that Paulina is â€Å"Crazy† is the part of Gerardo’s idea to procure Roberto’s trust so that he will accept the confession. It seems like Gerardo wants to save Roberto’s life so, that his position in the government won’t be in trouble. Final ly, the doctor agrees to make the confession which shows that it will be beneficial for both Roberto’s and Gerardo’s life. Furthermore, although Roberto confesses, Paulina is still not pleased. She believes that the doctor is not truly rue of Roberto’s actions. Paulina notices the small lies from the doctor, she inserted in her story to Gerardo and Roberto corrected most of them. Paulina threatens to the doctor that if he doesn’t tell the actual truth, she will kill him. But sill doctor claims that he an innocent. â€Å"And why does it always have to be people like me who have to sacrifice, why are we always the ones who have to make concessions when something has to be conceded, why always me to has to