Charles F. Glassman once said, “Miscommunication leads to misunderstanding, which rarely leads to anything good”(“Miscommunication"). This was definitely the case in David Mamet’s play Oleanna. The applications go beyond miscommunication but relate to today's issues. Trying to decipher questionable language or actions is a hard task, and most will assume the worst. It is hard to discern between true acts of kindness because in today's world ulterior motives have the majority. In the first act of the play Oleanna the student, Carol is having troubles being successful in her professor John’s class. She goes to meet with him and begins to lay her troubles on him. He then goes on to say, "I'll make you a deal. You stay here. We'll start the whole course over. I'm going to say it was not you, it was I who was not paying attention. We'll start the whole course over. Your grade is an 'A'. Your final grade is an ‘A'" (Act I p. 25). He even goes on to say that he likes her and tries to comfort her by laying his hand on her shoulder, but she immediately dismisses his affection. In the second …show more content…
Decades ago women would only be able to keep their jobs if they were able to keep quiet about the sexual abuse and verbal abuse. Though in today's society a higher number of women hold authoritative positions in jobs than ever before and regulations are put in place to prohibit sexual harassment, but abuse still can occur. Sexual harassment is not selective to the workforce, but it can happen anywhere. If a man or woman were to place their hands on another individual without his or her approval that would be considered sexual harassment. But sexual harassment is not always this clear-cut or even obvious. Where do we draw the line from someone overacting and someone who experienced real abuse? This can cause a major problem for those who have been truly