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The Die is Cast is about a young man who is faced with traditional problems in the area of love, sex, success and power. He is a young student, full of ambition, willing to work hard, intelligent, and at times, absurd too. He has a desire for sex, a desire to be successful, and most of all a desire to be accepted. In fact, his ‘flaw’ is his obsession with being accepted, not only by a woman, but also by an institution that represents success for him, the university. But, his acceptance to university represents more than success for his career: it represents his acceptance into society’s most prestigious institutions, and therefore, if he was rejected, society (and more importantly the opposite sex in that society) must reject him as only a ‘marginal’ person. Hence, his ‘will’ to be accepted embodies a more particular ‘will’ to be united with the opposite sex, and the university is the means to that end.