As I was reading through the first half of this play, I was very confused on the real reason for Judith being there. There is a lot of back and forth of if Judith is going to sleep with Holofernes or not, or if she even really wants to. From early on, I would keep asking myself what Judith wants from him and it continued to change. First I was thinking she wants to go there to speak about death so that she can show him she had a connection and he would like her back. At that point, the MDQ was will Holofernes accept her plea for another love companion.
Then I thought about why Judith would want someone who is so adamant about killing so many people. And why does Judith come at this time, so close to the battle? I then start to think that maybe Judith want to be a part of Holofernes's plan.
Then again, they go back to talking about love and Holofernes opens up to Judith. I think MDQ now is, will Judith change his mind about the battle?
After getting through the whole play, I realized that their declaring of love isn't the clearest but it is definitely no more now. Judith starts off as a widowed seducer who wants to connect with the soon-to-be murderer Holofernes to try to stop him from killing, but surprisingly ends as the murderer herself.
So I guess that real MDQ is, will Judith win the power for her people?
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