Ray tries to back out, but
Dorothy convinces him not to, and they both take the parts. Ray is a terrible actor at first, but he quickly improves. He is a very innocent man with a strong sense of responsibility and patriotism, and Dorothy tries to test his limits with her own free-spirited whims. The actual staging of
Macbeth includes the scene of the traveling forest, and Ray as Macduff hides among its branches. After the wrap party, Ray and Dorothy have sex for the first time. They talk afterward, with Dorothy first asking Ray probing questions and then Ray slowly suggesting that they are meant to be together and should get married. Dorothy is shocked and scornful at first, but then seems to agree.