The Furniture

The man's furniture symbolizes the past. After his relationship ends, the man takes everything out of his house that is presumably associated with his life with the absent lover. He later tells the boy and the girl that everything has to go. He is desperate to erase all evidence and memory of his past relationship.

The Bed

The bed symbolizes intimacy. When the man observes the arrangement on the lawn, he notes that the bed is stripped. The exposed mattress is a symbol of his raw and exposed emotional interior. Later, the girl lies on the bed, begging her boyfriend to lie next to her. This image illustrates her desire for closeness.

The Yard

The man's front yard symbolizes exposure. Over the course of the evening they spend together, the man, the boy, and the girl, perform a series of private behaviors for the whole...