In this work's pessimistic Prologue, the author despairs of his poetry and concludes that wit, like unprotected orange trees, cannot grow in "northern climates.
In this work's pessimistic Prologue, the author despairs of his poetry and concludes that wit, like unprotected orange trees, cannot grow in "northern climates." In a preface addressed to the Earl of Mulgrave, the author defends himself against criticism of the last act, in which the heroine is shown to be fearful of death. In the first scene, Abas describes the outcome of a battle to Asaph, Fazel, and Arimant, who worry that Morat will be disloyal to his father. Both Morat and his father the emperor fall in love with the captive queen of Cassimere, but in the end the emperor gives up his pursuit of Indamora so that his son, the title character, [*] can have her. First produced in 1675, it is the last of its author's plays written in heroic couplets. FTP, name this work set in India, a tragedy about the son of Shah Jehan by John Dryden.
In this work's pessimistic Prologue, the author despairs of his poetry and concludes that wit, like unprotected orange trees, cannot grow in "northern climates.
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