Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Told after Dinner," by John Mack, Jr., the various incidents of the plot are well handled, and the result is a tale more striking and effective than the average. Although the style is far removed from that of Kipling, there is a suggestion that the details of the chief character may have been taken from the works of that author. The remaining two stories, "An Undiscovered Sacrifice," by Felix Norris, and "The Murder," by W. T. Denison, are less interesting. They are of that rather negative merit which characterizes most college fiction, neither very good nor very...
...known French plays, and this year promises to be its best effort. The play chosen is Le Marriage Force, a comedie-ballet by Moliere. It was written by order of Louis XIV, and first played on January 29, 1664 in the palace of the Louvre. The essence of the plot is that Sganarelle, who is in love with Dorimene and is about to marry her, suddenly learns that she is a flirt and marries him only for his money, expecting that he will soon die. He tries to break off the match, but when it ultimately comes either to fighting...
Edward G. Knoblauch is the author of what is perhaps the vest article, entitled "Westward Bound"; but "Their Marriage was a Failure," by Luther W. Mott, and "God, Man and the Devil," both deserve praise. All three are short pieces, yet the plot of each is well developed and the interest of the reader is at once attracted and, what is rarer, is held to the end. Work of this kind will do much to raise the standard of the Advocate...
This year, for the first time in the history of Harvard, a Latin play is to be presented by the undergraduates of the college; and the Phormio of Terence has been selected because it approaches nearer than others to the modern play in the plot and its development. The date for the presentation has been practically settled as the nineteenth of April, the anniversary of the Concord Fight; for the Latin plays, in the days of their popularity, were reserved for festival occasions; and it is the aim of the Latin department to make as exact a reproduction...
...Sofa Cushion" by John Green Jr. is the best story of the number. It has a good plot and is simply and pleasantly written. As a whole the Advocate is rather better than usual...