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Comparing Vivie And Praed's View Of The Gospel Of Art

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Vivie in Act IV uses the word taint to reflect the two Gospels that Praed brings up during their heated conversation. Since Vivie is reluctant in being conventional, she disagrees with Praed’s view of the Gospel of Art because Vivie dislikes art. Additionally, Vivie’s reason for why she does not support art could be due to the fact that she wants to be unconventional. Moreover, art is seen as conventional because it is perceived by the general public and therefore, Vivie disagrees with the minds of practical people in society. Vivie sees Praed as a practical man, and will effortlessly be ignorant to Praed because of her beliefs in what she finds interesting. Furthermore, Praed tells Vivie that she is a great follower of the Gospel of Getting On, thus, expressing that Vivie is a lady who is willing to be very upfront with anybody. …show more content…

Vivie goes on to say that both of these Gospels are of the same taint, expressing that art is conventional and Vivie is unconventional. Vivie stresses the problem of how “if there are really only those two gospels in the world, we had better all kill ourselves” because conventional and unconventional people do not get along. More specifically, each person has an opinion, but if each person disagrees with each other on different topics, it would be best to kill ourselves. Lastly, Praed infringes on Vivie’s moral aspect to show that life should be conventional and simple; Vivie is a complex woman and has every right to be unconventional in a society where unconventional is seen as

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