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- VivieVivie is mathematically trained and wants paid professional work and financial independence.First seen in act 3
- Mrs WarrenMrs Warren is Vivie's mother, who insists on parental authority while her daughter questions her past.First seen in act 3
- CroftsCrofts accompanies Mrs Warren when she arrives to see Vivie.First seen in act 3
- PraedPraed visits Vivie, avoids explaining her mother's past, and urges Mrs Warren to respect her daughter.First seen in act 3
- Honoria FraserHonoria Fraser provides paid work that Vivie mentions while explaining her plans for independence.First seen in act 3
- Act 3
Vivie tells Praed about her mathematical training, paid work with Honoria Fraser, and plans for financial independence.
- Act 3
Vivie questions Praed about her mother's past, but Mrs Warren and Crofts arrive before he explains.
- Act 3
Mrs Warren recognizes Frank's father and mentions keeping his letters.
- Act 4
Mrs Warren rejects Frank as a husband for Vivie when she learns he has no money.
- Act 4
Crofts privately proposes marrying Vivie and offers Mrs Warren money, which she rejects with disgust.
- Act 4
Vivie demands answers about her parentage and challenges her mother's authority.
- Act 4
Mrs Warren explains how poverty and harsh working conditions led her into prostitution, winning Vivie's sympathy.
- Act 5
Vivie defends her mother and demands that Frank treat her with respect.
- Act 5
Vivie refuses Crofts's marriage proposal and learns that his business partnership with her mother remains active.
- Act 5
Crofts claims Vivie and Frank share a father, and Vivie stops Frank from shooting him.
- Act 5
Vivie rejects affectionate play with Frank and leaves for Honoria Fraser's chambers.
- Act 6
Vivie explains her partnership with Honoria and rejects Frank's invitation, gambling money, and romantic advances.
- Act 6
Vivie rejects Praed's proposal of travel and reveals her mother's business through writing.
- Act 6
Frank privately abandons marriage because he refuses Mrs Warren's money and cannot support Vivie himself.
- Act 6
Vivie refuses her mother's money and demands complete separation because Mrs Warren continues the business.
- Act 6
After the painful confrontation with her mother, Vivie returns to work with relief.
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