Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Is Change Strange? (Act IV, Sc III, p. 163) from the Honest Whore

Why, at this time and in this place, is there such preoccupation with madness—all representatives of society are crazy or deemed so—each in a different way. How is the transformation made possible for each (all) to move from this position to a more sane sensibility? Is it really just by honesty or is patience the highest virtue and therefore able to turn all things right. The noble (Duke), not the common person (Bellafronte) is the one who is the ultimate patron of the play’s transformative ending.

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