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The play, “The Universal Language,” strives to comment on human nature. Its main character, Don, is an example of human nature at its worst, because he is a con artist and preys on the insecurities and naivety of Dawn, his only customer. Dawn is an example of how unsure people can become with themselves. She struggles to find her place in the world, mainly because of her stutter. She looks to Don and his School of Unamunda as the answer to her troubles, and feels that it is what she needs to finally define herself as a person. She finds out later that Don is a scam artist and that Unamunda is a fake language made up to take advantage of the naivety of others, but this does not stop her. Instead, she embraces the language anyway and in the process falls in love with Don. Through these events, the play comments on the power of forgiveness and the unlikely nature of love.