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  1. Suzan-Lori Parks' "Topdog/Underdog" explores the complex relationship between two African American brothers, Lincoln and Booth. The play delves into themes of family dynamics, identity, and the struggle for success in the face of adversity.

  2. Topdog/Underdog study guide contains a biography of Suzan-Lori Parks, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Topdog/Underdog essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks.

  3. Lincoln returns home in the fifth scene of Topdog/Underdog to find Booth expecting a visit from his girlfriend. Lincoln has just lost his job at the arcade and squandered the money from his...

  4. After losing his job at the arcade, Lincoln returns to three-card monte the next day and comes home exuberant. Meanwhile, Booth boasts that Grace has proposed marriage to him. Lincoln suggests that Booth find employment in order to keep Grace, calling his card shark abilities "double left-handed."

  5. Summary. It is Friday evening. Booth enters the apartment wearing layers of clothing, which he eventually reveals as stolen, including two full suits. He takes off his layers, spreading each piece of clothing on the bed. Lincoln enters holding his paycheck and shouting excitedly.

  6. Only five days after General Robert E. Lee (commander of the Confederate Army) surrendered to Union forces, John Wilkes Booth (a famous actor and fanatical Confederate supporter) snuck up behind President Lincoln in a theater balcony during a play and shot him in the back of the head.

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