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Morell: ( With proud humility) I have nothing to offer you but my strength for your defense, my honesty for your surety, my ability and industry for your livelihood, and my authority and position for your dignity. That is all it becomes a man to offer to a woman.Candida : (quiet quietly) And you Eugene? What do you offer? (i) Where are the speakers in this scene? Describe the atmosphere among them.(ii) Why does Morell want Candida to choose between the two of them?(iii) What does Marchbanks offer Candida?(iv) What does Candida say after hearing Marchbanks’ offer?(v) What is the reaction of the two men as they wait for Candida to make her choice?(vi) What does Candida say ultimately? |
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Answer» (i) The speakers are in the drawing room of Morell. Morell and Eugene have agreed to ask Candida to choose either of them – Morell or Eugene. When this is conveyed to Candida she is furious at the suggestion. (ii) Morell is so much mentally tortured by Eugene that he begins to believe that Candida has a very soft comer for Eugene. That is why he asks Candida to choose any one between the two of them. (iii) Marchbanks offers Candida his weakness, his desolation and his heart’s need. (iv) After hearing Marchbank’s offer Candida declares that she would give herself over to the weaker of the two – Morell and Eugene. (v) As they wait for Candida to make her choice. Morell becomes so much frightened that he loses the power of concealing his anxiety. Eugene too becomes so much tense that he does not move a muscle. (vi) Candida says that she will give herself to one who is the weaker of the two – Morell and Marchbanks. |
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