- What favour does Earnest Young Woman ask from The Famous Actress?
Answer: Earnest Young Woman asks/ requests The Famous Actress to stay away from Alfred (her husband) because evidences show that Alfred is having an extra marital affair with the Actress (Sara).
The Earnest Young Woman finds a love letter written by Alfred, she found a hair clip hidden in his drawer, and comes to know at the florist’s that he has been sending flowers to the Actress’s address. Disturbed by these discoveries, she goes to meet the Actress and requests her to stay away from the affair with her husband. - What, according to The Earnest Young Woman, are the indications that her husband has fallen in love with Famous Actress?
Answer: According to The Earnest Young Woman, The indications that her husband has fallen in love with Famous Actress includes sending flowers and a suspicious love letter. Her husband uses a messenger to send flowers to the Famous Actress. She learns about it from a florist who notifies her of the situation. One day, her husband forgets about the love letter on the table, in which he apologizes for not being able to see the Famous Actress and offers her ten thousand kisses. - Is Earnest Young Woman convinced by the argument of Famous Actress? How?
Answer: Earnest Woman is convinced by the arguments of Actress because Actress says that Alfred is playing a game to attain more love from the Earnest Young Woman. Actress explains that their relationship has been distant lately, so her husband created this game to get her jealous and to get him back he thought she will love him more.
Sara (actress) also says that such incidents regularly happen to popular and beautiful actresses. Love affairs are made up by many other artists of the theatre to gain the love of their wives or sweethearts. She says that people bribe to get her things from hairdressers. These cunning explanations made Earnest Young Woman believe her and she is convinced. - Where is the Earnest Young Woman’s husband hiding himself as they are talking about him?
Answer: When the Actress made the Woman convinced that her husband is playing comedy (game) to get more love by making her jealous. Woman thanks Actress and leaves the place.
During their conversation Alfred was hiding behind the door of her boudoir and was called to be out at last. - When do you feel that Famous Actress is really good at acting?
Answer: I feel in the beginning that Actress was telling her right information that many actresses are accused of having affairs with the artists in real world. Actress convinced her by saying that such things are made by artists to make their wives jealous. Then she adds up that Alfred is playing the same game to get her affection back. She says that how could a lawyer leave evidence (love letter). But at last when I found Alfred coming out of her room I believed that Sara is really good at acting. I think she is good at acting. It shows actors/ actresses are not only good at acting in shows but also in real lives.
If she had become nervous when Earnest Woman accused her of stealing her husband, she would have been found out. But she acted boldly and added fake details to manipulate her. And when we found Alfred hiding behind her boudoir we understand that she acted so well and made Woman believe and convinced that Alfred loves her a lot. - How do we come to know that Famous Actress and the husband of Earnest Young Woman are in love?
Answer: When the play ends we are revealed the fact that Alfred was hiding behind the door of her private room. It directly proves that they are in real affair and Actress has outsmarted the Woman by making up stories. Alfred is called from the Famous Actress’s boudoir (private room) when the wife of Alfred left the place.