Tis Pity Shes A Whore by John Ford Essay -- John Ford Tis Pity Whore

Tis Pity Shes A Whore by John Ford In this play it would be impossible to accurately assess this ideacommenting on Annabella and Giovanni as a single entity. They areextremely different characters with their only common ground being thelove they defy for each other, and even this is denotative indistinctly different ways with subsequently different consequences.These consequences build up to the conclusion referred to in thequestion, and so it would also prove hard to settlement it directlywithout having previously discussed what has come before and createdsuch conclusion.At the beginning of the play, I believe that the au elapsence is intendedto sympathise with Giovanni. Although his actions are described asdevilish atheism, this is counterbalanced by his modest languagewhich contrasts greatly to later on in the play. He refers to theFriar as Gentle Father and this humble way of addressing him givesthe audience the archetype that Giovanni is genuinely asking for helpand wants to be cured. Although he argues against much of what theFriar says, his respect for him is obvious as he agrees to take hisadvice. This may not have carried much weight for the Carolineaudience for which this would have been performed, however, as thereligion of the English at this time was Protestant, makingCatholicism not the favoured denomination. It has even been statethat Ford presented the characters in this play so faulted because oftheir religious beliefs and nationality, both(prenominal) of which were seen asthe enemy.Throughout this scene, Giovanni is attempting to justify his actionsand convince the Friar that what he is doing is right, by playing onthe religious idea that there is one father, and ... ...how compassion about the consequences of thisdistorted self-image.(I know Ive missed out a bit here, but I say 4 pages is enough andI dont think I could sit here for another hour.)In conclusion, at the beginning of the play sympathy is possible forboth characters. Anna bella earns more than this during the course ofthe play, and is likely to be admired by the audiences from both eras,though would probably have been seem as more promiscuous in the timeof writing than would be perceived now. Giovanni on the other hand,through use of apocalyptic figurative language shows a too high whimsy of himself and is presented as too self-absorbed to induceanything other than contempt. This is accentuated by the death ofAnnabella being caused by such traits and highlighted by the ironythat she had remained to true to him just to die by his hand.