A well-made play follows a strict set of rules and arrangement guidelines. "The Glass of Water" written by Eugene Scribe adheres to these rules and guidelines to a T -- with the exception of two instances making up the "fat" of the play. These parts do not add to and are not necessary to the plot but are simply just there for reasons the translator only knows.
It was very difficult for me to find these bits that seem unnecessary to the script. The only thing my evidently weak spidey senses slightly picked up was at the very beginning of chapter three. Bolingbroke enters the Queen's boudoir to see Abigail. Rather than getting right down to business, he rambles on for a few moments about the Tory ministry but never gets in to any details with this. It has nothing to contribute to the plot. Right after he makes this brief mention, the play goes on, and Bolingbroke tries to figure out why he was summoned to the Queen's chambers. This is not necessary for the reason that no real information was gained from this little fork off the main road. Abigail does not even go along with Bolingbroke, agree and add to his conclusion that "it won't be long now" but shuts him down with the opposite: "On the contrary... it's a great deal further off than you think."
I am very interested to find out the two parts that Dr. Fletcher found and whether or not mine is one of them. Looking forward to talking about this in class!
You may not have felt the most confident about this but I think that is a great observation even though it could show somewhat of an attitude and alight symbolism within that moment. But I could definitely agree with that. You start to get lost with the conversation when characters do that. It makes you wonder was it really worth it.
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