茶花女话剧.ppt

Characters: Armand (Hero) Marguerite (Heroine) Joseph (The manservant of the hero) Prudence (A friend of the heroine) Previously: After misunderstanding Marguerite, Armand wrote a letter to her. Because of his anger, the letter was full of irony, which made him regretful later. Now, he asked Joseph to send the letter to Marguerite. Joseph : Must I wait for an answer？ Armand ： If you are asked whether a reply is expected, you will say that you dont know , but you will wait. Joseph : Get it, sir. Armand ： I really hope that she would answer. Armand ： God , what weak creatures we are！ (Joseph went out to send the letter .At the same time, Armand was extremely anxiety and he walked around nervously.) Armand ： Well？ Joseph : Sir，Madame had not risen and was still asleep. Armand(disappointed)：Well. Call me at once if there is letter for me. Joseph : Of course, sir. (Then, Joseph came back.) Marguerite: My dear Prudence, he has no manners. People compose letters like this in their heads, but no one actually writes them down. Prudence : What do you think about it? Marguerite: I don’t know. ……Women may sometimes allow a man to take advantage of their love but not to injure their pride, and a man always injures a womans pride when two days after becoming her lover, he leaves her, whatever reason he gives for doing so. Prudence : Well, what do you want to do next? Marguerite: I don’t know. (At Marguerite’s home) Prudence : You are very lucky, to be able to get out of Paris in such marvelous weather. Are you going to say goodbye to Marguerite？ Armand ： No. Prudence ： Very wise. Armand ： You think so？ Prudence ： Of course. Armand ： So you know its all over？ Prudence ： She showed me your letter. Armand ： And what did she say？ Prudence ： She said, My dear Prudence , he has no manners. Armand ： And how did she say it？ Prudence ： She was laughing. Armand ： Well, so this was all the effect my letter and jealous had produ