The Diary of Anne Frank (question 5-5)

Act I, Scenes 4, 5: How do the events following Anne’s nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and two other members of the household?

After Anne has her nightmares Mr. Dussle is complaining on how she is a danger to the group and how she is endangering them all, he is not trying to comfort her or help her, or the situation, at all. He is just making Anne and other people more annoyed and making the conflicts worse and worse, sooner or later something is going to blow up. We know that Anne is not pleased by him in what she writes in her diary. How she was ready to "punch him though the ceiling."

This scene also shows how attached she is to her father. She is veru frightend and her fater comforts her. He helps the situation amd does not make hot words scarre what cannot be repaired. The tention between Anne and her father is very low, not taunt so to speak. But the tentions are always rising around Dussle and Anne.

Caleb J.