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Can anyone tell me the summery of mrs.person chapter in english class 11th

Answer» Characters in the Play1. Mrs. Annie Pearson\xa0–\xa0wife of George Pearson, a loving wife and mother, fond of her husband and children, does her best to keep them happy, simple-hearted, gentle to a fault, too weak to protest, works day and night – no rest, submissive,2. George Pearson\xa0-husband of Mrs. Annie Pearson, about fifty, self-important and pompous, neglects his wife, club members backbites and make fun of him.3. Doris Pearson\xa0-daughter of George Pearson, a spoilt girl of around 20, the elder. She is already into an affair with a young boy, named Charlie Spence.4. Cyril\xa0– Son of George Pearson, a spoilt child.5. Mrs. Fitzgerald\xa0–a neighbour of Mrs. Annie Pearson, a bold, talented, strong, liberated, dominating and aggressive woman, knows some magic, drinks, smokes and plays cards, lives life on her own terms.SummaryMrs. Pearson and Mrs. Fitzgerald are neighbours. One afternoon Mrs. Fitzgerald visits Mrs. Pearson. The two women sit comfortably in the living-room. While taking tea, Mrs. Fitzgerald tells Mrs. Pearson her fortune with the help of cards. According to her, Mrs. Pearson’s problem is that she is excessively fond of her husband and children. She runs after them all the time, takes their orders as if she were the servant in the house, and stays at home every night while they go out enjoying themselves. They have come to believe that she is there simply to wait on them, so they take no notice of her. Mrs. Fitzgerald advises her that she should assert her rights as the mistress of the house if she wants them to treat her properly.Mrs. Fitzgerald asks her to let them wait or look after themselves. Mrs. Pearson says that she can’t do it. Mrs. Pearson is puzzled. At this Mrs. Fitzgerald tells her plan and says that they would change their personalities with each other. She had learnt thisart when she was in East. Mrs. Pearson hesitates. But Mrs. Fitzgerald holds her hands, asks her to keep quiet and not to think about anything and look at her. The two woman stare at each other. Mrs. Fitzgerald recites a spell. Gradually their personalities change bodies. Now Mrs. Pearson is bold and domineering while Mrs. Fitzgerald is nervous and agitated.After a few moments Doris Pearson enters the room violently and orders her mother to iron her yellow silk as she is to wear it that night. She is astonished to see her mother smoking. Mother has not got her tea ready. She is in no mood to iron her yellow silk for her. She is rather thinking of going out and get a meal at the Clarendon. Doris is astounded at unusual behaviour of her mother. Then she tells her mother that she is going out with Charlie Spence. Mother severely asks her whether she could not find anybody better than buck teeth and half-witted Charlie Spence. This is too much for Doris. She runs out of the room with tears in her eyes.Then Cyril Pearson enters. She has not put his things out though she had promised that morning to look through them in case there was any mending. He wonders what is going on in the house. He stands aghast when she tells him that she wants stout to drink and moves to the kitchen. She takes a bottle of stout and a half-filled glass. Cyril and Doris are unable to control their laughter. Mrs. Pearson looks at them with contempt and asks them to behave like grown-ups. With tearful eyes, Doris asks why she is talking like that and what wrong they have done. She asks mother whether she had fallen or hit herself with something. Mother rebukes her for asking such a silly question. Doris begins to cry. Mother coldly asks her to stop crying noisily like a baby.Just then, George Pearson enters. He notices Doris’s tears and asks why she is crying. Doris runs out of the room sobbing. He is astonished to see his wife sipping stout. He tells her that he doesn’t want any tea as he would have supper at the club. Mrs. Pearson tells him that there is no tea ready. He is annoyed to know that his wife didn’t get tea ready for him. Mrs. Pearson laughs at his childishness and remarks that if he behaved like that at the club they would laugh at him even more than they do now. George is surprised to know that they laugh at him at the club. Mrs. Pearson continues that he is one of their standing jokes. They call him Pomp-ompy Pearson because they think he is so slow and pompous. George is shocked. He staggers out of the room.There is a knock at the door. Cyril hurries out and re-enters bringing in Mrs. Fitzgerald. She asks Mrs. Pearson whether everything is all right. Cyril remarks sulkily that everything is wrong. Mrs. Pearson asks him sharply to keep quiet. Cyril walks out of the room. Mrs. Fitzgerald is surprised at this turn of events and asks Mrs. Pearson nervously what she has been doing. Mrs. Pearson tells her calmly that she has been just putting them in their places, and they will be eating out of her hand soon. Just then, George enters the room. He is looking very sullen. Mrs. Fitzgerald watches all this helplessly. She is utterly confused. She tries to stop Mrs. Pearson in vain. George and Doris are bewildered at this turn of events. They stare at Mrs. Fitzgerald. She requests them to leave her alone with Mrs. Pearson and promises that everything will be all right. George and Doris leave the room. Mrs. Fitzgerald urges Mrs. Pearson that they should now regain their proper personalities.Mrs. Pearson wants to continue a bit more of it but Mrs. Fitzgerald would not listen to her. She says that they are already very miserable and she cannot bear it any more. She stretches her hands across the table eagerly. Mrs. Pearson takes them. They stare at each other, and exactly as before Mrs. Pearson recites the spell. They become their proper personalities. Mrs. Fitzgerald advises Mrs. Pearson not to go soft on them again, otherwise it will all have been wasted. Mrs. Fitzgerald warns her that she must not start giving explanations asking for apologies, otherwise she will be straight back where she was.When Mrs. Fitzgerald leaves the room, she finds George, Doris and Cyril standing in a row at the doorway. The family looks anxiously at Mrs. Pearson. She smiles. They feel much relieved and they smile back at her. Mrs. Pearson tells them what she thought they would do at night. They would have a nice family game of rummy. Then children could get the supper ready while she has a talk with their father. Thus Mrs. Fitzgerald helps Mrs. Pearson to become the boss of her family. When she goes out, the family lovingly clusters round mother.


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