Blithe Spirit Sparknotes
I went to watch Blithe Spirit on October 15 at 2:00. I was pretty surprised that I enjoyed the play a lot because in the beginning, I thought it was going to be one of those cliche love stories instead of a genuine comedy. I thought the characters performed exceptionally and were nearly flawless in their performance. After watching the play and really thinking about it, I feel like the play’s underlying meaning is how greed has no boundaries. The play’s plot and characters reinforce this idea by employing many things throughout the play. The play’s story is not only great, as it also has a really well thought out life lesson in it through showing how greed can cause people to end up with nothing. One way the plot contributes to this theme
…show more content…
Her character is is very well developed because everything about her displays her intentions such as the way she talks and acts. Elvira died around 7 years prior, so she is a lot younger than Charles and Ruth. This age gap is shown in the differences between Ruth and Elvira because it shows how much maturer Ruth is. Elvira still acts like the young, annoying, greedy, and manipulative person she was before and has not changed a bit. It is inferred that she acted like this before the passed because that is usually how young people are. She even states that nothing has really changed because all she has done in the underworld is party. Firstly, Even when she first appears to Charles, it seems as if she already has intentions to break up his marriage. She talks behind Ruth’s back by saying disrespectful things about her to Charles, trying to cast a negative view on Ruth. Secondly, she gets him to spend more time with her and less time with Ruth. Finally, after she cannot get what she wants, she takes full action and tries to kill Charles so he can be with her in the underworld. However, things did not go to plan and she inadvertently murdered Ruth instead. She was willing to kill someone just so she could get what she wanted. In the end, no one got what they wanted and everyone ended up alone, all because of
Her character is is very well developed because everything about her displays her intentions such as the way she talks and acts. Elvira died around 7 years prior, so she is a lot younger than Charles and Ruth. This age gap is shown in the differences between Ruth and Elvira because it shows how much maturer Ruth is. Elvira still acts like the young, annoying, greedy, and manipulative person she was before and has not changed a bit. It is inferred that she acted like this before the passed because that is usually how young people are. She even states that nothing has really changed because all she has done in the underworld is party. Firstly, Even when she first appears to Charles, it seems as if she already has intentions to break up his marriage. She talks behind Ruth’s back by saying disrespectful things about her to Charles, trying to cast a negative view on Ruth. Secondly, she gets him to spend more time with her and less time with Ruth. Finally, after she cannot get what she wants, she takes full action and tries to kill Charles so he can be with her in the underworld. However, things did not go to plan and she inadvertently murdered Ruth instead. She was willing to kill someone just so she could get what she wanted. In the end, no one got what they wanted and everyone ended up alone, all because of