The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-08

Juli>x ), =. sao nurse In "Romeo and
nj Maria is a woman of nj, and
.f.ns.' 80 Tar superior to her position that.
n,;-..ns In Beatrice's shoes and static,
cls.am maid would have eoualed her in
no..s. Beatrice, Hero. Benea;ek and
.saoerry are all the memorah;. ch.r....-.
lact. .eh Ado About Nothing" which
s.he weli-sussained movement snarkIe
lov.s of Twelfth Night Hero
a.. ahd talks like the gentle. nensive
II W. woman that Shakespeare sketched
-, ''ota, the foil to Olivia; in julia. the
! silvia: the type of Ophelia before
and ns her reason. the type of Imogene
A.ce Is easily the star of the PLAY.
s1pefiiciai estimate of Beatrice is that
a rather hard, brilliant-fongued
a.y, whose speech was so sharn that
: y are not always sure whether she ia M.
E. sare" than ~satirist. This is a super
estimate; Beatrice is a brilliant
Imam, but she has a warm and manly
t4ea1.. Her hot indignation at the treat
A.ens Hero shows that she il a lovat.
sp.ii.ed, aggressive friend. a warm-blooded
Fe1lsan In all her instincts. Her wit is
oehs, but only when provoked by in
l benedick was fair game; he was
ous social wit: full Of intellectual ar
.osahce and conceit: his words and man.
~ we're a constant challenge to the brill
.aAhs beatrice. and she did what every
sns woman does to such men: she pro-
sseued TO take some of the conceit', out
- nm py showing him that his head did
no inohopoiize all the insolent wit and
aaocking humor of his century. Beatrice
= NOT q scold nor insolent woman except
"Hen IL Is necessary to rebuke rudeness
and keep the insolence OF others within
oounas. The type OF young man we call
sle american hog in b%roadcloth would
undoubtedly have voted Beatrice a virago
.no q disgusting cynic, for she would AVE
psen certain to have rebuked his rudeness
Aho shot his pig skin full of the barbed
sfsows of her singing wit. Envious.
nean-souied female prudes would not have
Deen happy with Beatrice; she would have
MADE LIE q burden to them with her
tongue, but no kindly. modest, manly,
taas ctld Hould nave
s1Hered by the speech of Beatrice; she
vas . frank, brave. bright, h%igh-spirited,
aggressive woman, who used her tongue
IN defense of the weak, the wronged and
tne wretched, and who met insolence with
superior insolence always, if not aiways
with superior wit. She was not a scold,
Or . sh-ew; she was a fighter for her own
social rights and the rights of others;
the instruction of her whole soul in
at the accusation of her
klnswonal Hero proves that Beatrice
was . warEn-hearted, noble-spirited, i'm
pulsive, loyal woman, aggressive and pug
pac'ous when ;nsulted, but not a hard
minded or shrewish woman. Beatrice is
= kosaiind after she yields her love and
rules her saucy tongue, and yet she does
not yield until she has tanned Benedick
and made him drop his cool insoIence of
speech and for the Difference
and decency of a respectful gentle
man. She made him mend both
bis manner and his tongue: made
Claudio before she would have him. No
woman could do oil this i'll whom cold
ness, hardness and shrewishness of spirit
rather than sympathetic quality were pre-
Beatrice was a joyous woman
Of high animal spirits; a g~ood-natured
woman even when there was mockery in
speech; she had a morbid sense of the
and INDUCED in reckless ~sallies
of wit and hunlor, but she was a sensitive.
passionate. partisan nature; a warm
hearted, impuisive. witty woman, who
when her friends are in trouble drops lest
nj falls to fighting in their defense.
She is not a shrew she scolds sometimes.
scolds because she feels that II do we'll to
be angry"
Viola, in Twelfth Night" is as sweet,
true and delicate an incarnation
Of romantic, spiritual love as Miranda in
1.-THE Tempest" Twelfth Night" next
TO Romeo and Juliet" is the finest of
love plays. Olivia, older than Viola, is
born to rank and large possessions, a wo-
man of gre at beauty. of superior strength
mind, executive force and courage, a
creature. yet capable of sweet and
passionate love for the man of her choice.
Viola, younger than Olivia. of different
type of beauty, is more eiheriaIly organ
Jed, has a more delicate. poetic tempera-
nenI: is so timid in her male attire that
The more than once comes near to discov-
sry. If Olivia had donned mans attire she
would nave played the mana part with
lar more courage and dignitied
han Viola. but Viola would have
led for her lover as s~erenely and
neroicalIy as the splendid woman whose
owe her counterfeit manhood wins,
Both of these rare women are witty of
sneech at will; both are shapes of beauty.
ruth, loyalty and purity, but on Viola
has stamped that superior ~spiritu-
of both mind and body that we find
Miranda and III Imogen. exquisite
.hapso Of heroic and tender conjugal love.
The interview between these two women.
ehen the proud, dignitied but passionate
olivia declares her love is most finely
rought. OF its kind there is nothing
letter save the beautiful love scene in
The Tempest" where Miranda tells
Ferdinand her love. and vet tells il with
ut parting with any of the atmosphere of
Ter swee, modesty:
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