Fanny

             It is true that one wrong action can ruin the whole life of an individual. For example, the play "Fanny", written by Marcel Pagnol can prove that. Fanny, the main character in the play had an illegitimate child with Marcel. They were both young and careless. Both deeply in love they spent great amount of time together. Then Fanny found out that she was pregnant. Knowing that the people in the village would not accept her, she did not tell anyone except her very close relatives. She did not even tell Marius, the soon to be father of the child, because she knew that he had other plans like becoming a marine and sailing all over the world. Fanny felt if she would tell Marius he would get angry with her, and would think that she used her pregnancy to make him stay with her and prevent him from pursuing his dream. Therefore, she did not tell him. Pannisse was a wealthy respectable man living in the same village as Marius and Fanny. He was widowed and always wanted a family with a child to inherit his wealth. When he found out that Fanny was pregnant he offered her to marry him. After talking about the situation, Fanny agreed to marry Panisse realizing that he would take care of her and her child. However, Fanny did not love Panisse as much as Panisse loved her and this would bring a further conflict when Marius returns from his journey. While Marius was sailing around the world everything was going well between Panisse and Fanny and the people in the community, because everyone thought that the child was Panisess's and Fanny reputation was saved. Fanny got everything she wanted from Panisse, and Panisse thought of a child as his own and took special care of him. Fanny enjoyed this life with Panisse. She was happy that Panisse was a good father to her child. Everything was going very well in this family, until Marius return. When Marius returned he found out that Fanny was pregnant with his child. He got a...

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