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Character Analysis. Depressed Yet Enigmatic. The very first thing we know about White (no real name given) is that dude wants to kill himself. We also know that the day the play is set on is also his birthday, which he's tried to celebrate with a botched suicide attempt.
Do you agree with Black or White about things happening for a reason? Is there such a thing as destiny, fate, or serendipity? Do humans stand a chance of knowing the way the universe really works, or is it beyond the capacity of our minds?
The meeting and lengthy dialogue between them is the result of suicidal attempt of depressed White in front of The Sunset Limited, a subway train where he is saved by Black who brings him to his apartment. White is an atheist and is forced to suffer a crisis of faith after he has been saved by believer of God.
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Feb 24, 2011 · Lee’s character—called “White” in the play, but referred to as “the professor” by Black—is indeed a professor, and apparently one with notable accomplishments behind him. His life, in his eyes, is over, and he wishes it to end in a very specific way: on the tracks of The Sunset Limited commuter train.
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory. Often, black and white stand for evil and good, respectively. In The Sunset Limited, however, this gets inverted: Black is optimistic and believes in life, whereas White is pessimistic and believes in death.
It has two characters, a white professor and a black religious believer. The white professor wanted to jump in front of a train called "The Sunset Limited" to commit suicide, but the black believer was there to pull him up just as he was about to do it.
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The Sunset Limited is a philosophical conversation between White, who is both formally educated and jaded, and Black, who despite having less formal education has a schooling developed from the streets, penal institutions or the so-called ‘university of life’.
