In Richard Yates' fictional novel Revolutionary Road, April Wheeler, Frank Wheeler, and John Givings all seek to escape from their current situation of suburban captivity; However, while April and Frank employ concrete methods to escape, the mentally unstable John Givings has no solid escape plan. April Wheeler is above all a young woman in search of freedom and independence, which also means getting away from her suburban life. She first attempts to escape when she joins the Laurel Players in a production of The Petrified Forest. Full of hope, April dreams of something different and exciting. His dreams are shattered when the room collapses and burns. Her face that she wears for the stage, bright, radiant and covered in makeup, represents her dreams of something greater. Once she fails, she retreats to the suburbs, removes her makeup, and reveals a "graceless and suffering creature" with a "constricted" appearance and a "false" smile (Yates 13). The more April tries to hide her disappointment, the more her anger rises. Soon she breaks down, stating that her husband Frank may have...