JUSTICE
......John Galsworthy......
SUMMARY:
Justice: A Tragedy in Four Acts
John Galsworthy (1867–1933)
Justice: A Tragedy in Four Acts, by John Galsworthy (1910). William Falder, a young clerk in a solicitor’s office is in love with a woman, who is being cruelly treated by her husband. In an ill-balanced moment he commits forgery in order to find money to rescue her from her husband’s brutality. He is discovered as he is on the point of sailing with her to South America. At his trial his counsel pleads guilty for him, but asks the jury to believe that the prisoner acted under great emotional stress, and adds, “men like the prisoner are daily destroyed under our law for want of that human insight, which sees them as they are, patients, and not criminals.” The judge sums up against this plea, and the prisoner is sentenced to three years’ penal servitude. On his release, he is unable to keep employment that had been found for him, as his fellow-employees learned about his past. “He seems (he tells someone who knew him) to be struggling against a thing that is all around him.” His old employers offer to take him back again on condition that he gives up the company of the woman for love of whom he had committed forgery. He refuses, and his employers relent, but at that moment a detective enters to arrest him because for four weeks he has failed to report himself. He throws himself out of a window and is killed. This play made so great an impression on the public mind that certain important reforms in prison administration in England are directly to be traced to its influence. 1
WORD NOTES:
IMPORTANT QUESTION:
1. Galsworthy 's Justice is called a...
Problem play.
2. The setting of the opening act of the ply Justice is...
A morning in July.
3. Duration of the play is..
Two years.
4. Sweedle , the office boy , is a youth of ...
Sixteen.
5. "Sweedle crosses to the outer office and passes through into it, with a quizzical look at Cokeson.."- here quizzical look means?
Amused look.
6. "He is a man of sixty ..With a bald head "- who is referred to here as he?
Cokeson, dealing clerk.
7. "Folder I have changed my digs"- here digs means?
The lodging.
8. Falder told Ruth Honeywill to meet him at...
11.45 at night.
9. "Cokeson opens the drawer and produces from it a tract"- here tract means ...
A booklet.
10. The title of the tract was ?
Purity in the home.
11. Who is Mr. Cowley ?
The cashier of a bank.
12. Who is Hector Frome ?
The defence Counsel of Falder.
13. Who is Mr. Wister ?
A private detective.
14. Who is Harold Cleaver ?
Old advocate.
15. Who is Wooder ?
Chief warden of the prison.
16. Who was Edward Clements ?
The doctor of the prison.
17. Who was captain Danson V.C.?
The Governor of the prison.
18. Falder altered the cheque ...
From 9 to 90 £
19. What is meant by "the chariot wheels of justice "- ?
The crushing nature of justice.
20. "If society did not take care of itself ...Nobody would "- said by...
James How.
21. "No one will touch me now! Never again!"- said by...
Cokeson.
22. "One wrong is no excuse for another "- who said this?
23. "One wrong is no excuse for another"- what was the first wrong?
Torture on Ruth by her husband.
24. "One wrong is no excuse for another"- what was the second wrong?
Ruth's decision to live with Falder as his wife in a foreign country.
25. Life is one long Temptation Cokeson"- who said this?
Walter How to Cokeson.
26. "A nasty business"- what is that nasty business?
Forging a cheque from 9£ to 90 £
27. On what condition is James How willing to take back Falder in his office?
If Falder cut off all his illicit relationship with Ruth Honeywill.
28. Justice is a machine"- who said this ?
Hector Frome.
29. "The quality of mercy is not strained "- who said this?
Walter How.
30. "He is safe with gentle Jesus "- who is safe ?
Falder.
31. "It is a matter of life and death"- who said this?
Ruth Honeywill.
32. "What a desperate thing ! Run for a doctor"- what is the desperate thing?
To make himself free from the police Falder has jumped and got his neck broken.
33. "Run for a doctor"- who does the speaker want to run for a doctor?
Sweedle.
34. Moaney, Clinton, and O Clary are....
Prisoners.
35. Main theme of Galsworthy's Justice is...
The system of legal justice and prison administration.
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......John Galsworthy......
SUMMARY:
Justice: A Tragedy in Four Acts
John Galsworthy (1867–1933)
Justice: A Tragedy in Four Acts, by John Galsworthy (1910). William Falder, a young clerk in a solicitor’s office is in love with a woman, who is being cruelly treated by her husband. In an ill-balanced moment he commits forgery in order to find money to rescue her from her husband’s brutality. He is discovered as he is on the point of sailing with her to South America. At his trial his counsel pleads guilty for him, but asks the jury to believe that the prisoner acted under great emotional stress, and adds, “men like the prisoner are daily destroyed under our law for want of that human insight, which sees them as they are, patients, and not criminals.” The judge sums up against this plea, and the prisoner is sentenced to three years’ penal servitude. On his release, he is unable to keep employment that had been found for him, as his fellow-employees learned about his past. “He seems (he tells someone who knew him) to be struggling against a thing that is all around him.” His old employers offer to take him back again on condition that he gives up the company of the woman for love of whom he had committed forgery. He refuses, and his employers relent, but at that moment a detective enters to arrest him because for four weeks he has failed to report himself. He throws himself out of a window and is killed. This play made so great an impression on the public mind that certain important reforms in prison administration in England are directly to be traced to its influence. 1
WORD NOTES:
IMPORTANT QUESTION:
1. Galsworthy 's Justice is called a...
Problem play.
2. The setting of the opening act of the ply Justice is...
A morning in July.
3. Duration of the play is..
Two years.
4. Sweedle , the office boy , is a youth of ...
Sixteen.
5. "Sweedle crosses to the outer office and passes through into it, with a quizzical look at Cokeson.."- here quizzical look means?
Amused look.
6. "He is a man of sixty ..With a bald head "- who is referred to here as he?
Cokeson, dealing clerk.
7. "Folder I have changed my digs"- here digs means?
The lodging.
8. Falder told Ruth Honeywill to meet him at...
11.45 at night.
9. "Cokeson opens the drawer and produces from it a tract"- here tract means ...
A booklet.
10. The title of the tract was ?
Purity in the home.
11. Who is Mr. Cowley ?
The cashier of a bank.
12. Who is Hector Frome ?
The defence Counsel of Falder.
13. Who is Mr. Wister ?
A private detective.
14. Who is Harold Cleaver ?
Old advocate.
15. Who is Wooder ?
Chief warden of the prison.
16. Who was Edward Clements ?
The doctor of the prison.
17. Who was captain Danson V.C.?
The Governor of the prison.
18. Falder altered the cheque ...
From 9 to 90 £
19. What is meant by "the chariot wheels of justice "- ?
The crushing nature of justice.
20. "If society did not take care of itself ...Nobody would "- said by...
James How.
21. "No one will touch me now! Never again!"- said by...
Cokeson.
22. "One wrong is no excuse for another "- who said this?
23. "One wrong is no excuse for another"- what was the first wrong?
Torture on Ruth by her husband.
24. "One wrong is no excuse for another"- what was the second wrong?
Ruth's decision to live with Falder as his wife in a foreign country.
25. Life is one long Temptation Cokeson"- who said this?
Walter How to Cokeson.
26. "A nasty business"- what is that nasty business?
Forging a cheque from 9£ to 90 £
27. On what condition is James How willing to take back Falder in his office?
If Falder cut off all his illicit relationship with Ruth Honeywill.
28. Justice is a machine"- who said this ?
Hector Frome.
29. "The quality of mercy is not strained "- who said this?
Walter How.
30. "He is safe with gentle Jesus "- who is safe ?
Falder.
31. "It is a matter of life and death"- who said this?
Ruth Honeywill.
32. "What a desperate thing ! Run for a doctor"- what is the desperate thing?
To make himself free from the police Falder has jumped and got his neck broken.
33. "Run for a doctor"- who does the speaker want to run for a doctor?
Sweedle.
34. Moaney, Clinton, and O Clary are....
Prisoners.
35. Main theme of Galsworthy's Justice is...
The system of legal justice and prison administration.
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