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Act 1
• Valentine is conversing with his servant, Jeremy
• Valentine is the son of a wealthy man
• Jeremy and Valentine discuss Valentine's financial situation
• Valentine has squandered his money on women and entertainment
• Valentine is in self-imposed seclusion to avoid all debt collectors
• Valentine has taken to reading books
• Valentine considers the possibility of becoming a poet to earn money
• Scandal, Valentine's best friend, agrees with Jeremy that Valentine does not have a future in writing
• Creditors begin to knock on Valentine's door
• Valentine is unfazed by the creditors, even though he may go to prison
• A nurse to one of Valentine's illegitimate children arrives at the door
• Scandal gives the nurse a little bit of money for the child's care
• Trapland, another creditor, arrives and demands money
• Valentine engages Trapland in a few rounds of drinks to distract him from his purpose
• Trapland leaves unpaid
• Valentine tells Scandal...
This section contains 1,543 words (approx. 6 pages at 300 words per page) |
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