The Lifeguard

The audience experiences a strong sense of Sadness and Empathy for Leigh's deep-seated emptiness and struggles to find happiness. A pervasive Melancholy underscores her return to a past that offers little solace. The central, illicit relationship evokes complex Love, alongside significant Anxiety, Guilt, and a Disturbing quality. Anger arises from bullying and societal disapproval, while a faint thread of Hope exists in Leigh's difficult journey.