Life Versus Death

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I think that it kind of means life will survive even when surrounded by darkness. Throughout the play images of death or decay are prominent. Ruth has a dream about finding a man, Mr. Mayonaise, dead. Also Nanny is referred to as a walking corpse. The example of life is Tillie though. She is the only optimistic person in the play. She grows the marigolds which are the sign of life.