Sunday, October 12, 2008

Mind Boggling

So I am a little over half way done with "The Rivals" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and I have to say that I feel like I need to make a chart. There is an intense kind of love circle-squarey-thing going on with the characters. They are all connected to each other in some way or another. But, I feel like the center of all of the confusion and disorganization is Absolute. To Lydia he is Beverly, but to everyone else he is Absolute. When other suitors, that are his friends like Acres, find out that Jydia is in love with some guy named Beverly they get all upset and challenge Beverly (who is really Absolute) to a dual. But then when Absolute's father decides to have his son marry Lydia Absolute has to go to her house and pretend to be Beverly pretending to be Absolute despite the fact that he is Absolute. Whew! This is exactly what I meant about the book and the intricate character relationships. Frankly my mind is spinning...

2 comments:

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jj said...

That is a great way of thinking about the play: intricate. When I think of modern drama I think sophisticated...but for TR i think that is precisely the argument to make.

One thing that has always given me fits is keeping track of who knows what.

More posts like this please.