At the end of the play, even the most popular characters like Brady depict this theme, even though Brady had legally won over Drummond in the case, Brady failed to maintain the attention he had received from the population for the entire drama, this loss of control over his audience shows how he was slowly distancing away from the society of Hillsboro, at the end of the play there is no one left to listen to the personal remarks of Brady, this loss of attention kills Brady at the end as he was unprepared to take in such a drastic change