Deciding who the protagonist would
potentially be is difficult because each character mostly has equal stage time,
so it seems as more a collaborative effort from every character. But I chose to
delare Abigail and Masham as sharing the role of being the protagonist because
of their relationship. Their relationship is constantly overrun by obstacle
after obstacle. Abigail finally has been offered a position in the palace by
the Queen Anne, so they can finally be together. Then Abigail loses that
position because the Duchess claims she is not qualified. Then the Queen
decides she can work as a lady in waiting afterall. Masham accidentally kills
the dude who always laughs at him and Abigail convinces him that if he loves
her, he will leave the country and never return, except he does and risks his
life because of his undying love for her. It's like watching a ping pong
tournament. They're together, they're not together, so on and so forth. They
have the forbidden love thing going for them which helps gain the audience's
sympathy vote and hoping that the two love birds will not travel down the Romeo
and Juliet path, but make it out alive in the end. Delicious news! Masham and
Abigail do indeed because The Glass of
Water is a well made play and every well made play is suppose to have a
happy ending. What if this were not a
well made play though? I’m curious to know what would happen to our star
couple. Would Masham survive or be put to death? Would Bolingbroke have the
heart or would it be some kind of Pirates of the Caribbean crossover where Masham
is hung, but Bolingbroke actually has a sword for his feet to balance on while
he comes to his rescue and the two of them and Abigail disappear into the
night?
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