Ardele
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Plot Summary of Ardele

"The General (Leon) called a family meeting with his sister, the Countess and his son Nicholas to discuss their hunchbacked old maid sister, Ardele, and her infatuation with a hunchbacked tutor hired by the general for his ten year old son. They wish to prevent her marriage to the tutor and she has locked herself in her room and doesn't come out through the whole play. The General is having an affair with a maid. The Countess arrives with her lover and her husband who is having an affair with a young lady himself. Yet despite their own indiscretions, they will not hear of Ardele's love affair even though it might be her only chance at love.

Anouilh's play is a comic statement on the selfish attitudes of people claiming to be in love.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Ardele

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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - fighting matchbreaker (parents/authorities)
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Sister
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Physique - physically sick

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - France
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Is this a play? Yes
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog

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