Gemma decides to give up speaking The play then evolves to portray the reactions of her friends and family, and how they treat her differently She breaks her silence at the end of the play with a monologue,абююк reflecting on the time she has been quiet Gemma describes silence as a way “to stop people in their tracks and make them think” and laments about how we say “so much to say nothing” “Don’t speak for a day and then start looking The senses are sharp Look at the worавсывld about it’s business The snarl The roar Skin stretched over the teeth The madness”.