The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy in Five Acts, by Hannah More
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The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy in Five Acts, by Hannah More- Amazon Sales Rank: #6818420 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .12" w x 6.00" l, .18 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 50 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Interesting example of neo-classical play by a female author By Kindle Customer This play, a rehashing of the story of Marcus Atilius Regulus, was unusual in its time as a play about a classical Roman story, written by a woman, dedicated to another woman, and defended in an epilogue by the noted actor, author, and scholar David Garrick, but nonetheless delivered on stage by yet another woman.The epilogue defends the play on its own merits and preemptively chastises any "suckling fop" who would tell the author "to learn the sex may merit praise/by making puddings--not by making plays."The play, in blank verse, is based on the story of the Roman consul Marcus Atilius Regulus, who was captured in war against Carthage. Allegedly, Carthage sent him to Rome to propose a peace treaty that he considered against Rome's interests. He advised Rome against accepting the agreement, although he knew that he would be executed if he returned to Carthage unsuccessfully, and even returned to Carthage rather than escaping when he had the chance. While most scholars consider that the lack of any contemporary records to indicate that the story was just propaganda to promote patriotism and to justify hatred of Carthage and public torture of Carthaginian prisoners, it was very effective propaganda.Here, More uses the story as an example of rigorous virtue and virtually (sorry) all the characters are eventually moved or convinced by Regulus' insistence that he not accept his life at the cost of either dishonor or Rome's interests. She regularly contrasts this Roman virtue with Carthaginian cruelty and treachery, which she designates as African. However, a captive Carthaginian woman, Barce, is a sympathetic character, though when she is given her freedom by the Roman owner who is in love with her, she "fails" to show the same pride that Regulus does by refusing, even though he made the gesture to demonstrate Rome's moral superiority.At the time of the play, Nelson's victory at Waterloo was still in fairly recent memory, and the recollection of the enmity between English and France, and the contrast between Nelson and George IV may well have been factors in More's selection of a topic and her depiction of consciously heroic virtue versus self-indulgence.
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