Arcadia
Throughout the play Arcadia by Tom Stoppard there is a distinct difference between the characters who have a science background and those who do not. One of the recurring themes is that those characters and actions of those characters which are against science often lead to conflict and disaster. Even those characters that are of logical thinking for the most part are prone to disaster when they let go of this rational thinking and give in to their irrational side. Bernard is a main character who is not a scientist and has basically no scientific background. From the moment he is introduced, he is portrayed as eccentric and odd. Here Bernard is described for the first time: "Bernard, the visitor, wears a suit and tie. His tendency is to dress flamboyantly but he has damped it down for the occasion, slightly. A peacock-coloured display handkerchief boils over is his breast pocket." (73) The term flamboyant refers to his ornate and rather bold outfit and personality. He is dressed differently than most other characters and behaves much different as well. He is as well one of the most irrational characters of the play. Bernard and his constant need to be successful and famous lead him to disaster. Throughout the pla
Septimus asks Thomasina why she hates Cleopatra and her response is, "Everything is turned to love with her. Science was the root of the disaster as well. The part of you which doesn't reason. " (38) Here Thomasina proves how she dislikes those which deal too much with love and emotion. She wasn't interested in love and didn't want to study anything that didn't pertain to mathematics. It even showed how those characters that usually act rationally can those that rationality with the lose of science. You haven't established it was Byron. She never concludes anything without an explanation. He feels that all you need is your own instincts to lead you to the truth. She is a brilliant young woman especially in the field of mathematics and science. For the most part she is purely scientific with little knowledge of the irrational world. After Bernard makes his argument that Mr. Here Bernard is exemplifying perfectly his idea about how his theories are founded. It can be suggested that because she deviated from her usual rational behavior that the tragedy occurred.
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