Harold Bloom argued that a speech in this play in which a character mumbles "God rest his soul in peace" after "a longÂ­forgotten faith returns to him for a moment" is the weakest of the play.
Harold Bloom argued that a speech in this play in which a character mumbles "God rest his soul in peace" after "a longÂ­forgotten faith returns to him for a moment" is the weakest of the play. A fat character in this play with a face that has a "goodÂ­humored, parasite's characterlessness" was kicked out of the police force on criminal charges. A character in this play once angrily called another character's mother a "free woman", and quits "The Movement" because he could "see all sides of a question." Two veterans of the (*) Boer War, Wetjoen and Cecil Lewis, plan to return to their home countries in this play. In this play, a character known as "The Old Foolosopher" puts his face in his hands after hearing Parritt commit suicide off the fire escape, and character who kills his wife "to give her peace," Hickey, urges others to give up their "pipe dreams." For 10 points, name this play set in Harry Hope's Bar, written by Eugene O'Neill.
Harold Bloom argued that a speech in this play in which a character mumbles "God rest his soul in peace" after "a longÂ­forgotten faith returns to him for a moment" is the weakest of the play.
The Iceman Cometh