Word: claggart
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...play is an attempt to understand the meaning of evil and good. Evil is present on board H. M. S. Indomitable in the year 1797 in the form of John Claggart, the Master-at-Arms. Claggart represents not merely human weakness and cruelty--he is simpler than that. Claggart is pure, malicious evil. His counterpart in good is Billy Budd, an ingenuous young sailor who is as kind and friendly as he is handsome. Claggart is an abandoned cynic who cannot see good in man, while Billy cannot recognize evil...