The Sources of Richard Cumberlands Comedy the Choleric Man
The Sources of Richard Cumberlands Comedy the Choleric Man
Ethel Heck
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The characters of the dramatis personae will be considered by themselves, as will the parallels and resemblances between passages and sen- timents in the several plays. In both plays the elderly men are brothers, (Cumberland makes them step-brothers to make the contrast between dis- positions of the two more plausible). One lives in the country, the other in the city; the country gentleman has two sons, the elder of which has been adopted by his town-uncle and brought up indulgently, the younge...r having remained with his father. Both of these younger sons have been brought up strictly, and made to work hard, and live the penurious life of their father, who allows them no relaxation or pleasures. Both fathers are convinced that their way of bringing up with fear and harshness is the only right way to keep a young man in the straight and narrow path and that the too-great indulgence, as manifested by the indulgent uncles towards their adopted sons, only conduces to ruining their morals and to no good, whereas both the uncles consider knowledge of the world very necessary for a young man and regret the ignorance of their country-bred nephews.
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