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While in the plays which we have discussed previously it was the lack of financial power to cause the dramatic endings, in this particular play destinies will have a similar tragic ending, this time caused by a social position which makes people hungry for even more power then they have. Honour remains a key factor again (Keene, 1951, 30-70).
The last play, the uprooted pine tells yet another story involving a prostitute and a married man. Again the social pressure seems to make the story possible between them. this time the man would have enough money in order to rescue the woman he loves but he can not because that would make his wife suffer too much. The situation can be considered strange since the wife already knows about his infatuation.
This time the main characters benefit from a happy ending. The less happy ending will belong to secondary characters such as the man's wife and a boy who is in love with the courtesan. Ironically the young man is poor at the beginning of the story and through an amazing...
In the end everybody seems to be happy although nothing is mentioned about the abandoned wife. The generosity of the young man who rescues the courtesan is incredible as well as his determination to earn a lot of money in a short while. It appears that this time the conflict between society and the individual can also have positive effects. After all he changes his life motivated by the necessity to change his social status (in order to be able to change hers).
Bibliography:
Keene, D. (1997) Four major plays of Chikamatsu, Columbia University Press
Keene, D. (1951) the battles of Coxinga: Chikamatsu's puppet play, its background and importance, Cambridge University Press
Monzaemon, C., Shively, DH (1991) the love suicides at Amijima: a study of a Japanese domestic tragedy by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, University of Michigan Press
Bibliography:
Keene, D. (1997) Four major plays of Chikamatsu, Columbia University Press
Keene, D. (1951) the battles of Coxinga: Chikamatsu's puppet play, its background and importance, Cambridge University Press
Monzaemon, C., Shively, DH (1991) the love suicides at Amijima: a study of a Japanese domestic tragedy by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, University of Michigan Press
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