Vanity Fair, Part 1 summary
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In Before the Curtain, the manager surveys a crowded fair and finds more sadness than pleasure beneath its noisy amusements. He invites a kindly or sarcastic audience to watch, introduces several figures as puppets, acknowledges their favorable reception, and withdraws as the curtain rises.
What happens
- The manager watches a busy fair where entertainment, courtship, crime, and public disorder mingle.
- He notices small moments of kindness but finds the fair more saddening than cheerful.
- The speaker invites willing spectators to enjoy a show containing fights, romance, fashionable society, and comedy.
- The manager acknowledges favorable audiences and introduces Becky, Amelia, Dobbin, the Little Boys, and the Wicked Nobleman as performance figures.
- He bows to his patrons and withdraws as the curtain rises.
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Which figure appears clumsy but dances naturally and amusingly?
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