Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The Convent of Pleasure

I thought this play was very different from the first--simply by the loss of power by women at the end. It is amusing that even though the women have power, the men use the same tactics to overcome them by using the same simple tactics.

What I didn't understand was the way the play was written. Is there a stylistic significance for the different parts of the play--switching from short, choppy dialogue to long rhymed monologues and then to short, biting couplets? It seemed that depending on where the play was, the style changed.

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