![]() ![]() When the curtain rises, James Morell, portrayed as a friendly and a physically fit man, is going through his letters. The scene of the play is set in the drawing room of his parsonage. Reverend James Mavor Morell is the parson of St. Nobody knows anything about the ‘secret’ in his heart. ![]() Eugene, broken hearted, leaves the stage. Candida chooses her husband as he is emotionally weaker of the two and is totally dependent on her. However, Morell forces him to accept the challenge. Eugene gains unusual insight in his love for Candida. In the only private meeting between Candida and Eugene, the best of both the characters is revealed. He leaves her and Eugene back at home and goes out, with others, to deliver his lecture. Her praise of Eugene is too much for him. He is shocked that his own wife feels that his speeches are useless. ![]() Candida’s repetition of words of Marchbanks pierces the heart of Morell. His reaction to Candida’s routine domestic tasks is both revealing as well as amusing. The play moves slowly towards the climax. On her invitation, Eugene stays for dinner. Candida comes and smells that there is something wrong. Morell, in rage, seizes him by his collar. Eugene shocks and infuriates Morell by telling him that he loves his wife and that Morell is nothing more than a preacher with empty words. An adolescent poet, Eugene Marchbanks, is in love with Morell’s wife, Candida. His father-in-law, Burgess comes to meet him and they decide to put an end to an old quarrel. ![]()
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