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No summary? Seriously?

Where is the summary of the play? Instead of it, the author of the article decided to make an analysis of Maeterlinck's text -- or rather what he thought was an analysis.

Moreover, what is the source of these strange -- to say the least -- statements: "The piece is not only a study (?) of human condition in general (?) but it appears to confront its reader (? but it is a play, not a book!) with the effect of hope (?) on the latter." / "The Blind does not introduce its readers (?) to readily shaped characters, but twelve de-personalised (?) beings." / "This method of writing gives an audience, or theatre professional an opportunity to read between the lines (?) and interpret the piece according to personal (?) desire."?

Here is an objective, encyclopedical summary:

THE BLIND, by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Six blind men and six blind women, the inmates of a blind asylum, are led by an old priest into a forest at night. The priest dies suddenly without a sound. The blind men and women do not at first notice this, but becoming at length uneasy, grope about, succeed in touching the corpse, already growing cold, assure themselves by questioning each other that their leader is dead. The story takes place on a wild island in the far north, and between the wood and the asylum lies a river, crossed by only one bridge, which the blind cannot find without a guide.

CAST OF CHARACTERS: THE PRIEST, THREE BLIND MEN FROM BIRTH, THE OLDEST BLIND MAN, THE FIFTH BLIND MAN, THE SIXTH BLIND MAN, THREE PRAYING BLIND WOMEN, THE OLDEST BLIND WOMAN, A YOUNG BLIND WOMAN, A MAD BLIND WOMAN. 2804:214:8291:D6AC:B60F:2917:606B:5E8F (talk) 00:53, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]