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The Admirable Crichton
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Plot Summary of The Admirable Crichton
"Crichton is butler to a radical peer, Lord Loam. When a party of Lord Loam's upper class friends are wrecked on a desert isle in the Pacific, Crichton takes over. He becomes the group's leader and keeps them well and safe during the emergency. Lord Loam is relegated to a kind of handyman.

When the group is finally rescued, they reverse positions and Chrichton again becomes the simple butler. Since he is a conservative unlike the radical Lord, he accepts his loss of stature as part of the natural social order. Barrie's play is a comment on the illogical nature of social class distinction.
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Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Admirable Crichton
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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 19th century
Life of a profession: - butler/janitor
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Exploring into the wild Yes
kind of story - stranded on island

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - servant
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 (some)
Island? Yes
Island: - Pacific Islands

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Is this a play? Yes
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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