John Millington Synge's The Playboy of the Western World
Begin: 04/03/07
End: 04/03/07
Quality: Two Out of Ten.
Reason:. Modern Drama
Genre: Drama. Irish Literature.
Original Language: English.
Date of Publication: 1907
Fog Index: 7.6/88% are harder.
Flesch Index: 77.8/93% are harder.
Flesch-Kincaid Index: 6.4/84% are harder.
Complex Words: 3%/98% have more complex words.
Number: Never.
Plotline: Okay. This one is pretty weird. A man named Christy enters this small Irish town and tells a group of people that he killed his father. This makes his something of a town hero with a number of the women wanting to marry him. His father wanders into town a few days later and
his lie is discovered. He then attempts to murder his father to regain the love and respect of the town and more importantly, Pegeen. The town people though bind him up and prepare to hang him for murdering his father. His father stumbles unto this scene and rescues him. Pegeen them laments..."Oh my grief, I've lost him surely. I've lost the only Playboy of the Western World."
Thoughts:
I really did not like this play. It was weird and stupid and I could really give a shit about the characters. I don't even know what to say about this play. Err. I want the last fucking two hours back!!
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