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Entertaining Mr Sloane "Entertaining Mr Sloane" How is Ed both a comically absurd and brutal character? But how does Orton make us feel sympathetic towards him?
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"Entertaining Mr Sloane"
How is Ed both a comically absurd and brutal character? But how does Orton make us feel sympathetic towards him?
Max Steinberg
Joe Orton makes Ed a very complex character and we can see this when he is first introduced into the play. He enters and the first thing that he says to Kemp is "Go on, get out of it afore I kicks you". This is a very disrespectful and rude way to speak to anyone let alone your father and although we later come to realise that Kemp effectively disowned Ed, we still feel that this is a very brutal way of talking to Kemp.
We then see Ed talking to Kath and immediately realise that Ed is harsh and controlling towards her as well. He treats Kath in a condescending way. The first conversation we see between Ed and Kath involves Ed practically interrogating her. He asks her a serious of questions like "What's this I heard about you?" and "Who told you to take in lodgers?". These questions are said in a very aggressive manner as if he feels that Kath should have explained herself earlier and we can clearly see that Ed likes to control conversations in a forceful manner. We can see that Ed is very demanding towards Kath as well. Whilst interrogating her he uses a lot of imperatives such as "Don't lie to me" and "Go and fetch him" and he orders her to do as he wishes. I think that he feels that Kath is beneath him in terms of importance and throughout a lot of the play he treats her as if she were second class. He also insults her, calling her "No good" and a "crafty tart": most people would never talk about their sister in this way and the fact that he does shows that he is a naturally brutal character.
This mistreatment of Kath extends to all women and we can clearly see that he is a misogynist. Ed calls women "half witted tarts" and this suggests that he has no value for women whether as companions or as sexual partners. Misogyny is a very strong word and it...
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