Fool for Love Chapter Summary & Analysis - Detailed Summary & Analysis Summary

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Fool for Love is a one-act play that focuses on two characters, Eddie and May, and their periodic attempts at a relationship. As the play opens, May sits despairingly on the edge of a bed in a rundown desert motel, while Eddie tries to convince her that he will not leave her this time. May's disbelief stems from Eddie's recent affair with a wealthy woman, whose scent still lingers on him. May wants Eddie to leave, yet is in anguish when he does.

May tells Eddie that she plans to kill him, along with the woman with whom he had an affair. The fact that Eddie has driven over two thousand miles to see May does not alter her disbelief in his sincerity about staying with her this time. Eddie says that his plan is to take May with him to live in his trailer in Wyoming, but she is...
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