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Running Head: PROOF ANALYSIS 1

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Proof analysis

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The play’s highest point

The climax of the play is when Hal discloses to Catherine that he was sure that she sure did write Proof after going through the writings. This was after she had a fallout with her sister due to her disbelief that she had written the book and held that it was their father who did. Catherine's inability to convince Claire and Hal that Proof was her work was fueled by the questioning of her sanity, the book is written in her dad's notebook, and handwriting similar to his. This scene is highly significant mostly to an audience of this play since, at some point, doubts do arise on the capability of Catherine to do something meaningful. Such doubts are disheartening since Catherine is portrayed as a strong woman, and an audience would strongly want to be convinced that she did write Proof. The scene is the highest point based on the Proof that Catherine wrote Proof and the reconstruction of the romantic bond between her and Hal (Auburn, 2001).

How the climax changes the course of the entire play

Since the play's preamble and just before the climax, Catherine's capabilities have been shadowed by everyone's achievements, and hers are not yet discovered. She is reduced to a daughter and a mere caregiver to a dad with a mental disease, uncompleted education, and likeness of her having a similar mind condition to her father's. However, a strong woman, her full potential that surpasses everyone's is not portrayed and remain hidden until the climax scene. Here, Catherine's mathematician prowess is proved, and her value increases, and she is no longer basic. Being the main character of the play, this scene reveals her true self and changes the play's entire course (Forward, n.d.).

Why Claire doesn't want to believe Catherine wrote the Proof

When Catherine discloses to her sister and Hal that she wrote Proof, Claire did not believe her. Her disbelief is most likely sourced from the fact that Proof was written in their dad's notebook, in handwriting similar to his, and it was locked in a cabinet in his home office. Claire also doubts her sister's academic capabilities since she spends most of her time at home and does not finish school. In most of their conversations, Catherine has proved not to remember the flow of activities, and Claire is skeptical of her having the same disease as her father. These factors combined show why Claire would want not to believe her sister wrote Proof (Auburn, 2001).

The development of the love between Harold and Catherine and its reflects at the end of the play.

Harold confesses to having first liked Catherine when he saw her at her dad's office at school and attests to being smitten by her. However, the bond is created on the night before her dad's burial when he revealed the writing by her dad about her and purposing to give it to her on her birthday. Their love fully develops on the night of the funeral when they kiss at the porch. The end of the play implicates a more robust connection since Harold proves that she is not lying about writing the Proof and asking her not to leave New York and instead stay in Chicago where he would keep seeing her (Forward, n.d.).

References

Auburn, D. (2001). Proof. Dramatists Play Service.

(n.d.). Forward. https://my.fit.edu/~lperdiga/proof.pdf