The next day Lavinia comes back and both talk about their marriage. Edward tells her that Lavinia is coming back.Īt this, both decide to end up their relationship because neither of them finds the other suitable for the life ahead. Meanwhile, Celia enters and says to Edward that it is a suitable time for them to get married as Lavinia has left him. He goes to the kitchen and uses all his eggs to make food for him. Saying this he asks Edward for help.Īlex comes making Edward irritated. Peter enters and tells Edward that he has fallen in love with Celia and is quite sad because she hasn’t responded to him. On reaching she finds it in her own back and goes away. Julia returns back saying that she has forgotten her glasses in the house.

Edward agrees and the stranger leaves singing a song. The unidentified guest says that he will do so only if Edward promises that he won’t ask her for an explanation. The unidentified guest makes Edward reveal that he needs his wife back. The couple was married 5 years ago but they were not comfortable with each other. It is revealed that Lavinia has left him. Little latter guests leave except for an unidentified guest. Alex narrates a story but repeatedly misses points making others curious about it. When the guests ask Edward about her he tells them that she has gone to meet her sick aunt. The First Act opens during a party arranged by Lavinia but she herself is absent. the third act is set at Edwards house after 2 years Summary Act 1.The second act is set in Reilley’s office.The first act is set during the cocktail party at Edwards house.The play has been divided into three acts.

Here in this play, Lavinia Edward’s Wife makes a sacrifice for her husband. The play is based on the Alcestis Legend by Euripides (in Greek mythology Alcestis sacrificed herself to save her husband). the conflict that arises after marriage.Instead, it has profound aspects and themes which make it quite odd. The play according to Eliot is a comedy but has very less comic elements.

The cocktail party eliot