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At the end of the play, Ross has returned to confront his friend, Martin, about his revelation that he is having a sexual relationship with a goat. Despite Martin’s pleading to understand his love for Sylvia, the goat, Ross is disgusted. He tries to make Martin understand that this revelation will ruin him. Billy is lost in the middle, confused and hurt, when his mother returns dragging the dead goat behind her. For Stevie, killing the goat was the only way to cope with Martin’s revelation.
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START: Ross: Do you know there are prison terms for this? Some states they kill you for it? Do you know what they’d do to you. The press? Everybody? Down it all comes--your career; your life...everything.
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END: Stevie: She loved you...you say. As much as I do.
Martin: (To Stevie; empty) I’m sorry. (To Billy; empty) I’m sorry. (Then…) I’m sorry.
Billy: (To one, then the other; no reaction from them) Dad? Mom?
For full extended scene, please refer to the script edition cited here: Edward Albee, “The Goat or, Who is Sylvia” in The Collected Plays of Edward Albee Vol. 3, Overlook Duckworth, 2008, pp.620-622.
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