"Tis Pity She's A Whore" by John Ford
In this play it would be impossible to accurately assess this idea
commenting on Annabella and Giovanni as a single entity. They are
extremely different characters with their only common ground being the
love they have for each other, and even this is expressed in
distinctly different ways with subsequently different consequences.
These consequences build up to the conclusion referred to in the
question, and so it would also prove hard to answer it directly
without having previously discussed what has come before and created
such conclusion.
At the beginning of the play, I believe that the audience is intended
to sympathise with Giovanni. Although his actions are described as
'devilish atheism', this is counterbalanced by his modest language
which contrasts greatly to later on in the play. He refers to the
Friar as 'Gentle Father' and this humble way of addressing him gives
the audience the impression that Giovanni is genuinely asking for help
and wants to be 'cured'. Although he argues against much of what the
Friar says, his respect for him is obvious as he agrees to take his
advice. This may not have carried much weight for the Caroline
audience for which this would have been performed, however, as the
religion of the English at this time was Protestant, making
Catholicism not the favoured denomination. It has even been stated
that Ford presented the characters in this play so faulted because of
their religious beliefs and nationality, both of which were seen as
the enemy.
Throughout this scene, Giovanni is attempting to justify his actions
and convince the Friar that what he is doing is right, by playing on
the religious idea that there is one father, and ...
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...how compassion about the consequences of this
distorted self-image.
(I know I've missed out a bit here, but I think 4 pages is enough and
I don't think I could sit here for another ½ hour.)
In conclusion, at the beginning of the play sympathy is possible for
both characters. Annabella earns more than this during the course of
the play, and is likely to be admired by the audiences from both eras,
though would probably have been seem as more promiscuous in the time
of writing than would be perceived now. Giovanni on the other hand,
through use of apocalyptic figurative language shows a too high
opinion of himself and is presented as too self-absorbed to induce
anything other than contempt. This is accentuated by the death of
Annabella being caused by such traits and highlighted by the irony
that she had remained to true to him just to die by his hand.
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Here is my revised review. I received no notes from classmates, but I did get notes from the VWC. She said that: