How we cite our quotes: (line number)
Quote #7
PETER: I really should get home, you see…
JERRY: (Tickles PETER's ribs with his fingers) Oh, come on.
PETER: (He is very ticklish; as JERRY continues to tickle him his voice becomes falsetto) No, I…OHHHHH! Don't do that. Stop, Stop. Ohhh, no, no. (189-191)
Tickling is childish, silly, goofy. But it's also intimate. Two strangers tickling…it's not entirely innocent, as far as the sex theme goes.
Quote #8
(With a rush he charges PETER and impales himself on the knife. Tableau: For just a moment, complete silence, Jerry impaled on the knife at the end of PETER's still firm arm.) (270)
The last scene in the play, where Jerry throws himself on Peter's knife… Freud would say that that could be a metaphor for sex, with the knife as a phallic symbol. And don't forget—Freud gets mentioned right at the beginning of the play. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but not always.
Quote #9
Oh, Peter, I was so afraid I'd drive you away. (He laughs as best he can.) You don't know how afraid I was you'd go away and leave me. (274)
After getting stabbed with the phallic symbol, Jerry starts talking about how much he needs Peter and how he's afraid Peter would go away. Again—suggestive.