Brief Summary Of The Play 'Digging Up Dessa'

In Digging Up Dessa, the theme is that you can’t give up even though a lot of things try to keep you down, and Mary shows this throughout the play. One reason is when in the middle of the play, Mary says that she was buried alive during an excavation, but dug out with her bare hands. This piece of text shows the theme because Mary didn’t give up even when she was 6 feet under. Another reason is when in the beginning Mary tells Dessa that a pioneer stole her discovery of the plesiosaur, but she still explored for more fossils. This shows the theme because even when someone stole her work, Mary kept exploring for more fossils. Another reason is when in the beginning of the play towards the end of it, Mary is excluded from the pioneer wall,