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Act 1

• The setting of the play is a dark room that was once a vegetable store.

• Newspapers line the windows, and the room is unkempt and run down, scattered with household items.

• Tillie begins a monologue about the creation of the atom.

• Tillie's teacher Mr. Goodman calls Beatrice, Tillie's mother, to ask why Tillie has been absent from school.

• Beatrice accuses Tillie of tattling on her.

• Despite Tillie's pleas, Beatrice forbids Tillie from attending school and threatens to chloroform her pet rabbit.

• Ruth, Beatrice's other daughter, says that Tillie was made fun of at school for her appearance and interest in science.

• Beatrice scolds Tillie for not dressing properly and says that when people laugh at Tillie, they are also laughing at her.

• Ruth reveals that she has seen her school file, which includes embarrassing details about their family.

• Tillie delivers a monologue in which she tells of...

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