Oleanna, Mamet’s masterpiece, published in 1992, is a play about the downfall of communication and suspicion in relationships. Oleanna is one of the best examples of showing the struggle between male and female figures to be dominant and seeking superiority and knowledge. In Oleanna, we see a very smart conversation between, a man and a woman, a teacher and a student with totally two different positions in society. Then the conflicts sparkles and the two begin imposing their thoughts, obviously their words toward each other. Though on the face of it David Mamet’s Oleanna seems to be about education, it has a deep interest in power, hierarchy and language.
Mamet's play takes place entirely in the office of a forty years old male college
