The Unknown; A Play in Three Acts
The Unknown; A Play in Three Acts
By W. Somerset Maugham
12 May, 2020
The subject of the play is the conflict between belief and unbelief. There are many arguments, and the author introduces us to a family of devout believers. The son comes back from the war on leave with his belief gone. There is a widow who has lost
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The subject of the play is the conflict between belief and unbelief. There are many arguments, and the author introduces us to a family of devout believers. The son comes back from the war on leave with his belief gone. There is a widow who has lost both her sons in the war and who shocks everybody by her attitude of indifference. Her faith, too, is shattered. Less