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Steve believes that he is Gwan Gung, a mythological god and warrior.
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Grace: Gwan Gung said--
Steve: “When I came to America, did you lick my wounds? When I came to America, did you cure my sickness?
Dale: And just as Gwan Gung was about to strike--
Grace: There arrived Fa Mu Lan, the Woman Warrior.
[... … …]
End:
Grace: What’s the point in dying if you don’t know the cause of your death?
(Series of strikes. Steve falls.)
Dale: Okay! That’s it! (Grace stands over Steve, her sword pointed at his heart. Dale snatches the sword from her hands. She does not move.)
David Henry Hwang, F.O.B. in F.O.B. and Other Plays, Plume Books, 1990, pp.43-47.
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