Monday, July 5, 2010

Frances PWNS Robert

In the middle of her tirade directed toward Robert Cohn for his reversal of plans to marry her, Frances alludes to the Bible:
"I suppose that we that live by the sword shall perish by the sword." -page 57

This haughty declaration comes amidst what I would call one-half soliloquy and one-half stream of consciousness. Since this isn't a play, there will mostly always be someone else "on-stage," so... Frances wasn't really making a soliloquy. However, her rant at Robert is so explosive and long-winded that I think it ought to half-qualify. In order for her to continue for so long, I believe she must have been spouting a stream of consciousness. She cuts into Robert for a good three pages with little interruption, so I doubt she was conscious of much that went unsaid.

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