Overtones Blog Post

 I think Maggie and Hetty represent the true colors, while Margaret and Harriet are the pride, hiding reality. Just by reading the script it seems as if Hetty and Maggie are mostly talking to themselves or just putting information out in the open. However, I do think that there are moments when they do speak to each other. But for the most part I don't feel like they can see/hear each other. The stage directions might say that they are speaking to each other but I think they are responding to each other because they are both thinking the same thing. It just happens to sound like they are speaking directly to one another in conversation.
 The only moment I feel like the two alter-egos see or hear each other is in the final goodbyes when they start with "I hate you!" In this moment, they both got what they wanted from each other and didn't even know it. And since they got what they wanted, it seems as if they are being extra nice to each other. The faker Harriet and Margaret are to each other, the stronger their inner selves are. And in that moment I felt that they could both sense that false interaction, therefore their inner selves could interact - like their true colors are showing through. I also feel like Maggie and Hetty are also fighting/speaking to Margaret and Harriet (Maggie to Harriet, Hetty to Margaret) in this scene. But, of course, Margaret and Harriet cannot hear the alter egos of the other person.