EXPLANATION
O! upon my soul, I never have;—but what grounds for apprehension did you say? Heavens! are there not a thousand! I fear for her spirits—her health—her life.—My absence may fret her; her anxiety for my return, her fears for me, may oppress her gentle temper. And for her health—does not every hour bring me cause to be alarmed? If it rains, some shower may even then have chilled her delicate frame!—If the wind be keen, some rude blast may have affected her! The heat of noon, the dews of the evening, may endanger the life of her, for whom only I value mine. O! Jack, when delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements; not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension!Answer:-
This passage taken from 'The Rivals' written by R.B.Sheridan. Faulkland is speaking to Captain Absolute.
When Faulkland comes to Bath he calls on Captain Absolute at his residence in Bath. As they meet, they begin discussing the progress in each others affairs of love. Captain Absolute reports to him that his affair with Lydia is going on well. But Faulkland who was not well his beloved,Julia as yet expressed his anxieties to know about Julia's life, health and spirits. But Captain Absolute who knows that Julia is at Bath,conceals the fact from him for the sake of fun. So when Captain Absolute invites him to a dinner at the hotel, Faulkland ignores by saying that he not well disposed to partake in such rejoicings and entertainment. On being asked by Captain Absolute as to why he declines the invitation, Faulkland says that he has many serious apprehension in his mind about the life,health and spirit of Julia.Captain Absolute asks him to say about the ground of his apprehension.
Replying to Captain Absolute Faulkland says that he has many grounds of apprehension about his beloved, Julia. One of the grounds is his long absence from Julia and his absence may be causing doubts, fear and anxieties in her mind. Secondly she may be anxious to know about his return. Thirdly her health is so weak and tender that even the slightest change in the weather may affect her health. It often changes from a good to a bad one. The heat of the noon ,the dews of the evening and strange winds are the variations in the weather. These variations are surely to affect her tender health.
It is a human nature that when the two lovers are separated from each other, both of them have fears and apprehensions about each other,s health and welfare. These fears and apprehension increase all the more when weather is an element that affects one's health. Thus Faulkland gives sufficient examples for his(Faulkland's) anxieties and apprehension. They are usually the fears and apprehensions of a lover.
Clearly, the passage brings out the character of Faulkland as a sentimental lover of that kind which is seen in the earlier sentimental drama of Richard Steele,Hugh,Kelly,Richard Cumberland and Colley Ciber,etc. The episode of Faulkland and Julia provides some grounds for supposing this drama to be a sentimental drama. This episode therefore is a kind of skit and caricature of the treatment of love in the sentimental drama.
It is a human nature that when the two lovers are separated from each other, both of them have fears and apprehensions about each other,s health and welfare. These fears and apprehension increase all the more when weather is an element that affects one's health. Thus Faulkland gives sufficient examples for his(Faulkland's) anxieties and apprehension. They are usually the fears and apprehensions of a lover.
Clearly, the passage brings out the character of Faulkland as a sentimental lover of that kind which is seen in the earlier sentimental drama of Richard Steele,Hugh,Kelly,Richard Cumberland and Colley Ciber,etc. The episode of Faulkland and Julia provides some grounds for supposing this drama to be a sentimental drama. This episode therefore is a kind of skit and caricature of the treatment of love in the sentimental drama.
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