"What is the Purple? How did it settle for the characters? For you? For Francis? Or was it not resolved?"
It can be assumed the title of the play comes from Bilma's line about Victor's injuries: "Once the skin is void of space for welts and bruises, once the blood seeps out and the purple settles..." I guess this means once a bruise sets in, after a little time has passed since the injury was afflicted, the skin becomes purple. To me, this gives the impression that the wound is healing as it should. But the physical injuries that Victor sustained and the emotional injuries Junior tries to overcome never really heal. The purple never fully settles. Perhaps this means that the title is ironic. The time when the purple settles is far off and intangible; they can't quite reach it because the pain they've been through has scarred them.
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What process can lead to this healing?
I guess healing could only come if the characters learn that they have the strength within themselves to heal. That sounds cheesy, I know, but I think it's true. If Victor refuses to let his father control him, if Junior refuses to let the burden of his parents' past control his promising future with his family, then they will be able to heal. By taking charge of themselves and recognizing that they have the strength to do so, they can lead happier lives.
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