Using Her Big Chance and any other monologue show how the central characters reveal obliquely their personalities and circumstances.

Bennett allows both Lesley, in Her Big Chance, and Irene, in A Lady of Letters to inform the audience of their inadequacies and situation, however this information is not blatantly confessioned. In the monologue format the slight comments and innocent detail betray the character and provide evidence of the lonely and unrewarding lives of the two women. Bennett depicts the women very differently, yet in many ways they are similar in their refusal to accept their problems.

Bennett shows both women desperately searching for a role. Lesley is portayed as forever trying to build a part. Capital letters are given to a previous unimportant part, in order to make Lesley feel more significant than she really is
"Woman in a Musquash Coat."
Lesley tries to completely involve herself with all the action regarding the film. Bennett shows her insistence on adding her suggestions
"I just wanted to make it crystal clear that when I said briefcase I didn't mean the old-fashioned type ones..."
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