about Dympie
Dympie (Dymphna) is very controlling, she feels that everything has to be her way. she takes herself very seriously, believing that she is the expert on everything. she controls Paula (her best friend) not allowing her to do anything that she (Dympie) does not like. she is rude and bitchy, ordering everyone else around.
although controlling and beliveing that she is always in the right, Dympie will copy what Paula wears in an effort to seem an ‘in’ woman, yet never admitting it. she cares for no-one else but herself (as shown when Monika dissapears and she simply orders Paula to sit down and choose her meal, ignoring the fact that Monika has not long ago lost her husband and is strugling to cope), to the point of insulting & isolating herself from everyone around her.
at the end of the play Dympie is shocked and stunned to find out what people think of her. so self-centred, she has never stopped to think about or realise that her actions were the reason for everyones attitude towards her.