In “The Removalists”, written by David Williamson, the characters and settings in both act I and act II have significant influences on character's development for characters like Simmonds, Ross, Kate, and Fionna. The purpose of the character developments for many of the characters is to show that violence cannot resolve violence. Act I takes place in a police station and Act II takes place in Kenny’s home. The two settings place the majority of the characters into a frenzy as the play shift from one to another. And of course when a character behaves differently, other character(s) responses differently to the behavior(s). Simmonds has a narcissistic personality just because he has been in the force for so many years. He repeats “twenty-three…show more content… By contrasting her with Kate, Williamson displays Fionna as a character who is most certainly submissive. Often times she is submissive to the point that she believes what Kate has decided for her, like the need to file a report on the domestic violence, is her own conscious choice. Her submissiveness is also evident to Simmonds and Ross. Perhaps it is the fact that she has more people to fight against Kenny’s domestic abuse that motivates Fionna to reply back to Kenny without any fright. Fionna is another example of how there are other methods in dealing with violence, seeking help from other people rather than handling the situation herself. The purpose of the character developments for many of the characters is to show that violence cannot resolve violence in “The Removalists”, written by David Williamson. The characters and settings in both act I and act II have significant influences on character's development for characters like Simmonds, Ross, Kate, and Fionna. The two settings and how the characters behave allow reader to grasp on different traits of the character as the play progresses because when a character behaves differently, other character(s) responses differently to the
