THEA 142: Development of Dramatic Art I

A discussion of the origins and transformations of primarily Western theatre from its origins to the late 18th century, through texts, artists, and theorists.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Meditation 11

This play was interesting to me. It reminds me much of real life. People are going behind each others back to try and get what they want, which in this case, along with most instances, is a member of the opposite gender. I know many times in my life I have seen people go behind their friends back to get what they want. In this play though, I would not consider everyone to be friends. What was funny was in the end no one ended up with anyone. This is almost exactly like a real life situation. How many times have we seen several guys fighting over one girl, but in the end none of them end up seeing her and she ends up dating someone completely different? I know I can count several times that has happened to some of my friends. I especially liked this play because it was not a fairy tale ending like many plays and movies we have read or seen, so it was unexpected.
I really liked this play and the other Moliere play I have read before, Tartuffe. Both these plays were funny and had an unexpected ending. Based on that judgment I would say that I like Moliere and the way he writes. It keeps me interested because I have no clue what is going to happen next.

1 Comments:

At 2:20 PM, Blogger Greg said...

I would not want to be any of these characters' friends. They're all backstabbers.

 

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