Chapter 17

           Itisthecustomonthestage,inallgoodmurderousmelodramas,topresentthetragicandthecomicscenes,inasregularalternation,asthelayersofredandwhiteinasideofstreakybacon.Theherosinksuponhisstrawbed,weigheddownbyfettersandmisfortunes;inthenextscene,hisfaithfulbutunconscioussquireregalestheaudiencewithacomicsong.Webehold,withthrobbingbosoms,theheroineinthegraspofaproudandruthlessbaron:hervirtueandherlifealikeindanger,drawingforthherdaggertopreservetheoneatthecostoftheother;andjustasourexpectationsarewroughtuptothehighestpitch,awhistleisheard,andwearestraightwaytransportedtothegreathallofthecastle;whereagrey-headedseneschalsingsafunnychoruswithafunnierbodyofvassals,whoarefreeofallsortsofplaces,fromchurchvaultstopalaces,androamaboutincompany,carollingperpetually.

           Suchchangesappearabsurd;buttheyarenotsounnaturalastheywouldseematfirstsight.Thetransitionsinreallifefromwell-spreadboardstodeath-beds,andfrommourning-weedstoholidaygarments,arenotawhitlessstartling;only,there,wearebusyactors,insteadofpassivelookers-on,whichmakesavastdifference.Theactorsinthemimiclifeofthetheatre,areblindtoviolenttransitionsandabruptimpulsesofpassionorfeeling,which,presentedbeforetheeyesofmerespectators,areatoncecondemnedasoutrageousandpreposterous.

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