George Bernard Shaw's "The Devil's Disciple" : characters
When we are first introduced to Richard Dudgeon, at the reading of his
late father Timothy's will in his childhood home, we have already
learned of his character from the opinions of three other characters:
firstly, his mother, then from Anthony Anderson, the minister, and
finally, from Anderson's wife Judith. None of these accounts are in
Richard's favour, although Anthony Anderson is perhaps the least
against Richard of them all. Richard's mother considers Richard to be
the lowest of the low and a disgrace to his society; she believes that
there is nothing admirable about him at all. However, one could argue
that she is not much of an admirable woman herself, embittered by
having been forced to marry Timothy Dudgeon and not Timothy's late
brother Peter, for whom she really had feelings. We learn that Timothy
was the good and righteous brother, whereas Peter was not and was
therefore disgraced and cast into shame by his relatives and
late father Timothy's will in his childhood home, we have already
learned of his character from the opinions of three other characters:
firstly, his mother, then from Anthony Anderson, the minister, and
finally, from Anderson's wife Judith. None of these accounts are in
Richard's favour, although Anthony Anderson is perhaps the least
against Richard of them all. Richard's mother considers Richard to be
the lowest of the low and a disgrace to his society; she believes that
there is nothing admirable about him at all. However, one could argue
that she is not much of an admirable woman herself, embittered by
having been forced to marry Timothy Dudgeon and not Timothy's late
brother Peter, for whom she really had feelings. We learn that Timothy
was the good and righteous brother, whereas Peter was not and was
therefore disgraced and cast into shame by his relatives and