Critical Analysis Of Hands Across The Sea

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The play Hands Across the Sea by Noel Coward displayed poor human interaction, if not a rude one. The playwright made it seem like it was a comical act, but I find it to be tragic that there are wealthy and entitled characters who found an object, the telephone, to be more important than to talk to those who are physically there in their living room. Coward definitely had some of his characters appear to be ignorant, narcissistic and intrusive. In some of the scenes, characters such as Piggie and Clare, distinctively displayed their impoliteness to their guests, the Wadhursts. They are a great example in this performance to display their obliviousness to their guests, I personally believe that these individuals do not understand the basic or …show more content…

Piggie did apologize, but the audience never knew who she was apologizing to, she got interrupted rudely by Clare shushing her and Bogey telling her to shut up because, he was still conversing on the telephone; “PIGGIE: I am so sorry — CLARE: Shhhh! BOGEY: Shut up, I can 't hear —“ (Coward). That kind of manner from both Clare and Bogey is not something that should be done in front of the guests, but to actually say something so rude like that to the home owner that they’re visiting, makes them seem classless. I regard their classlessness as also ironic since most of them have more than enough money to feed themselves. Should’t they all have some sort of class? If not basic manners and how to interact properly with other humans? I feel that Piggie, on the other is also so impolite that she doesn’t know to control the situation with the Wadhursts. While she has a conversation with the visitors, she does not once, asks Bogey to get off the telephone, nor does she asks him to quiet down. Every time Piggie was trying to discuss an awful topic on torpedoes with Mrs. Wadhurst and Clare, it was obvious that Bogey’s conversation on the other hand was distracting and cutting communication with the women. “PIGGIE: My husband will be here in a minute -- he has to go to sea Thursday, but he 's arranged for you to be taken over the dockyard at …show more content…

It is unfortunate that Piggie cannot even remember the people she has met, this mean that she neither remembers who the Wadhursts or the Rawlingsons are. It was only then, the final ring of the telephone, which Piggie picked up and handed it to Mrs. Wadhusrts, that she was not talking to the Rawlingsons. It’s noticeable that the Wadhursts were later aware of the situation and decided to leave because, any guests would with that kind of embarrassment; MRS WADHURST (rising): I 'm afraid we must really go now, Lady Maureen — PIGGIE: Oh no — please — MRS WADHURST: We have to dress because we 're dining and going to the theater — that 's the one thing we do miss in Pendarla — the theater — CLARE: We miss it a good deal here, too. PIGGIE (remembering everything): Pendarla -- oh dear, what a long way away it seems -- dear Mrs Wadhurst — (she shoots a triumphant glance at PETER) — it 's been so lovely having this little peep at you — you and Mr Wadhurst must come and dine quietly one night and we 'll go to another theater — MRS WADHURST: That would be delightful — Fred — MR WADHURST: Good-bye” (Coward). It’s regrettable that it was when the Wadhursts decided to depart that made Piggie comprehend the situation, and finally recognized who the Wadhursts were. If the Wadhursts did fully catch on to what was

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