I’m just starting to read the Witch of Edmonton by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, and John Ford. I haven’t gotten so far, just to Act 2. Through the little amount I have read so far, I find it very easy to follow and very interesting on what is going on.
As of right now , I find it interesting how the characters are already tricking other charactes. In the first scene, Winnifride seems to have the upper hand, though having an unwanted pregnancy isn’t fortunate, as she plays the two men in her life and yet fix her life. She gets married to Frank Thorney but is a lover of Sir Arthur. She promised (before the play) that she’ll stay with Sir Arthur even after marriage but Winni decides she’ll be an honest wife and stay true to Frank. Well Frank diminishes any “rumors” that he and Winni has gotten married to his father and promised his father that he’ll marry Susan, Old Carter’s daughter. Sir Arthur (before Winni dumped him) promised Frank that he’ll help Frank take care of things well since Winni dumped him, I’m pretty sure things will get even more difficult.
I find it very interesting how all the stories I’ve read this semester, the biggest problem most of the characters have is that they don’t tell the truth. Things would go smoothly, no one would die, everyone would be happy if they tell the truth and not hides things or be so deceitful.
From just the act that I’ve read, I can tell things are not going to go well. It’s the basic formula from all the other stories. Tell Lies=No Happy Ending. I’m already frustrated with the characters and I only read a couple of scenes. I just want to yell at them and tell them to stop being so sneaky and just come clean. Things will go a lot better. The truth isn’t THAT bad. So what if you life is ruined for a couple of days. You’ll get over it. But what you can’t get over is a lie turning into a bigger lie, transforming your life so much that you are living this lie and die. It’s a very depressing idea but all these characters make me depressed. Maybe I’ll just create my own story where people don’t lie. Then again, that would be boring, wouldn’t it?
About Me
- Mayalita
- This is for my Sophomore Honors English class at App. State. We are to create a blog and write about thoughts, feelings, or anything on things we read and discuss in class. I've never done anything like this before so this is new and interesting to me. But besides what I have to do in this class, I'm a communications/journalist major and I'm considering minoring in English and Political Science.
2 comments:
Hmm... interesting. You say throughout this post that you condemn lying and are upset at the characters who do so, however, in the end you say that without that it would be boring... Why? I believe that there is a lot in our culture today that thrives on the entertainment value of learning the truth. Take what I believe to be quite possibly the worst product of entertainment on television... The Jerry Springer Show. Its run since 1991... that's quite a while that Americans have been entertained by someone expounding the truth only to create drama. I don't mean to be rude or anything, just to play the devil's advocate for a bit. I do see what you are saying, however, I don't know that simply telling the truth would save those in the plays we have read from death... I believe the lesson should be just to not get involved in these twisted plots that lead to a life filled with trying to cover up the truth... course that wouldn't be interesting would it? haha....
Hmm... interesting. You say throughout this post that you condemn lying and are upset at the characters who do so, however, in the end you say that without that it would be boring... Why? I believe that there is a lot in our culture today that thrives on the entertainment value of learning the truth. Take what I believe to be quite possibly the worst product of entertainment on television... The Jerry Springer Show. Its run since 1991... that's quite a while that Americans have been entertained by someone expounding the truth only to create drama. I don't mean to be rude or anything, just to play the devil's advocate for a bit. I do see what you are saying, however, I don't know that simply telling the truth would save those in the plays we have read from death... I believe the lesson should be just to not get involved in these twisted plots that lead to a life filled with trying to cover up the truth... course that wouldn't be interesting would it? haha....
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