For "Tape" by Jose Rivera, summarize the plot of the play.

The plot of a story is:

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...the order of events in a narrative or any
other type of story.

This
story is a tragedy which is...

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...is a form of art based on human
suffering...

In Jose Rivera's
play entitled, "Tape," we meet two characters. The first is the Person and the second is
the Attendant. As we study the plot, we see the development of the Attendant as a
character diametrically opposed to the Person.

It appears
that the Person has died. We first see him in a room he has just entered that holds a
table and chair, with drinking water on the table. The Person is uncomfortable. His
comments about the Attendant's concern over poor lighting lets the audience know that he
knows he is dead:

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I guess, what does it matter
now?

The play represents a
man's confrontation with the life he led while alive, and the sins he committed in that
life. The room represents either Heaven and/or Judgment
Day.

We may be able to assume this is
not hell, in that the Attendant
states:

We
don't want to cause you an undue
suffering.

The Attendant is
kind and supportive, trying to offer what little comfort he can and to answer whatever
questions the Person might have. The more href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conciliate">conciliatory the
Attendant is, the more frustrated the Person becomes. Perhaps his frustration
foreshadows what is to follow.

The Attendant clarifies
several of the guidelines that control not only his actions but
also the Person's actions. For example, the Person is going to be required to listen to
tapes. He may use the rewind button so he understands things that
may not have recorded clearly, but he may not use the fast forward
button. The reason for this is clarified soon enough.

The
Attendant finally reveals that the Person will be listening to ten thousand boxes
filled with tapes that contain all the lies he
told while he was alive. This is mind-numbing to the Person. He apologizes profusely,
but of course now it is too late. The amount of tapes tells us that the Person lied a
great deal, though we are not sure why. He will be required to listen to
every tape, and though we cannot be certain what "stage" of the
afterlife this actually is, it is certain that the Person will be listening to his past,
reflected in less than "sterling" moments, for a very long time, which would seem a
clear form of
"suffering."

Additional
Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Rivera_(playwright)