Blithe Spirit is the story of Charles Condomine who loses his wife, Elvira, at a young age. Charles remarries a lady named Ruth. The couple decides to have a seance to get some ideas for a novel that Charles is in the process of writing. After the seance is complete, Elvira's spirit is conjured up and only Charles can see her. Ruth thought he had gone mad, and she was quite perturbed with him. Eventually, Elvira reveals herself to Ruth by moving objects in front of her. Elvira decides that she wants Charles to be in the spirit world with her. Thus, she tries to kill him in numerous ways. Elvira tampers with the brakes on Charles car, but Ruth takes the car that morning and dies in an accident. Now Charles is faced with two spirits talking to him, and he calls on Madame Arcati

This drama is one of the greatest farces because every one acts seriously in funny situations. For example, when Madame Arcati is about to start the first seance she steps outside and talks to the birds and tells Charles's guests that the cuckoo is angry. All the guests obediently listen to the bird. It may seem comical to the reader but it also presents a grave appearance. According to Eric Bentley, "if what farce offers is the interaction of violence and something else, it follows that violence by itself is not the essence of farce"(243). The violence portrayed in this play is not horrifying, and it gives no gory details. It lightly discusses the death of the characters in a comical way. An example of this is when Elvira tampers with the breaks on the car and Ruth while driving it gets into an accident. Elvira's response to her taking the car is a scream that sounds like a banshee. Suddenly, Ruth's spirit comes in, and she starts chasing after Elvira.

to help him get rid of the two spirits. Madame Arcati is the woman who performed the seance in the beginning. Later, Charles finds out that Edith, a servant, can see the two spirits. Once Madame Arcati knows that Edith can see the spirits, she realizes that Edith is the source to get rid of them. Madame Arcati's seance does not work so Charles decides to take a trip away from the house. He gets in his car, and it crashes at the bridge.

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