Quills

The Quills is an interesting story of the idea of internal censorship, the personal line of censorship. It is the story which puts the concept of censorship of a person to test in that the character of Marquis remains nude for the most part of the play. This may arouse the audience but anyone whose concept of censorship is not flawed will be able to see beyond the naked body. He will be able to see what is the extent to which a person may go in order to express ourselves (Janette, p. 2). Although, the Abbe is supposedly pious, it is proved towards the end of the play that he is actually murderous and violent. This is observed in his behavior towards the end of the play where he commits the most heinous crimes such as disembodying a person and cutting off his head.

The first assumption is that Abbe is a pious person. This is based on the fact that the character of Abbe is someone who befriends the Marquis. He is the administrator at the asylum and has been very liberal with the asylum inmates. The above assumption is true because in his friendship with Marquis, he asked the writer to write a play for the inmate of the asylum which they could play at the asylum (Leong, p. 3). He was the major source of encouragement for the Marquis to write and provided him with practical supplies for writing. In addition, he lets the partner of Marquis stay at the asylum which is not permitted otherwise. Hence, he is very supportive towards his friends. He is deemed a nice man by most of the inmates for the support he has lent them and the way he treats them. He was so friendly that when Doctor Royer-Collard come ...