THTR 201 Production Response - Essay Example

Pride and Prejudice I was looking forward to the play “Pride and Prejudice” as I had been told and previewed it to have hilarious and unforgettable characters with sharp conversation skills and the setting in a nineteenth century environment made the play even more memorable coupled with the happy ending. It is a romantic story about a boy meeting a girl and exploits the use of the charm to further the story thus making it more appealing and addictive to its end. This play mainly revolves around the story of the romance between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr.

Darcy Andrew DeRycke, but Elizabeth though brainy, has a prettier sister in the name of Jane. Mr. Darcy is not an easy man to love and at first is graceless and stiff making Elizabeth to be prejudicially inclined to make unwarranted observations towards him. The development of this love and attraction between Darcy and Elizabeth commences with the refusal by Darcy to have a dance with Elizabeth, which would be followed, later by Elizabeth’s passionate refusal to his initial proposal at a wonderfully wet rainy scene.

Though female characters dominate the play, there are strong performances by males as shown by the sycophantic Mr. Collins and the commanding and all-powerful Mr. Bennet. Mr. Collins shows in the play that all the six women from Bennet’s household will be under his command and mercy as he stands to inherit the entire estate which makes the senior Mrs. Bennet to try and find means of safely marrying off their other daughters.My three favorite characters are Elizabeth, Darcy and Mrs. Bennet as they clearly give credence to the name of the play, which is pride and prejudice.

Elizabeth and Darcy are very quick to judge someone else and are proud emphasizing the human natural instinct to judge quickly on the first impression. Both the eventual two lovers have strong negative first impressions of each other and people in general and it becomes more fun when they get over their pride and come together at the end of the play. Mrs. Bennet is equally my favorite character as having known the character of Mr. Collins; she endeavors to ensure that her remaining five daughters have the best in life and would want them to be safely married off.

These characters of being proud and prejudicial to others also apply to me as in most instances, I have always been proud and make perception of people even before knowing them.The major theme in the story “Pride and Prejudice” is love as it is a courtship between Elizabeth and Darcy and these two have to overcome numerous stumbling blocks such as their own personal qualities. The realization of tender love between the two makes them realize that love is independent of the social forces such as the conditions of living and one must not rely on these to find love.

It also shows a theme of reputation where the reputation of a woman is deemed of utmost importance and a woman must behave in a specified manner as shown by the arrival of Elizabeth in muddy skirt to the shock of Miss Bingley. The play also has a theme of courtship as seen by that of Elizabeth and Darcy and that of Bingley and Jane and each has a way love. There are different visual presentation for different types of structures through the use of voice and pitch in auditory presentation as there are delightful moments when the musicals within the play create considerable visual and aural magic to the audience.

All in all, the play has an interesting subject that can help human beings understand and have a proper perception of one another especially when falling in love or courting. I would therefore recommend this play to any person who wants to have an interesting romantic read on pride and prejudice.Work CitedMarcus Goodwin. “Pride & Prejudice”. Adapted Jane Austen.