Explain the appropriateness of the title CONJURER'S REVENGE
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Canadian author, professor and humourist, best-selling book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town in 1912.
Born on 30 December 1869 at Swanmore, Hampshire, England.
First book, Elements of Political Science published in 1906 .
Leacock's satirical masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little
Town.
His satirization of city life Arcadian Adventures with the Idle
Rich was published in 1914.
He was a public speaker and spoke whenever he could about
cancer. He also assisted with fund-raising for cancer research.
My Discovery of the West: A Discussion of East and West in Canada won the Governor General's Award in 1937.
Best humorous books “Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour“ and “Literary Lapses”
Summary :-
The conjurer performed several tricks for the audience.
Each time he performed a trick the Quick Man in the audience would say that the trick was done with the help of items hidden up the conjurer’s sleeve. When the conjurer produced a fish bowl from a piece of empty cloth – the Quick Man said that this must have been up his sleeve.
For all the other tricks that the conjurer performed – which includes rings, eggs, cards, bread, live guinea pig and a rocking chair – the Quick Man said that these must have had it up his sleeve.
This constant comments by the Quick Man upset the conjurer but he did no show it and went on with his trick.
The Quick Man’s comments made the audience feel that the tricks were nothing special and were as a result of the conjurer having things hidden up his sleeve.
This upset the conjurer. Inspite of his discomfort, he went on performing one trick after the other till he
He decided to take revenge. Appearing to perform a trick using items borrowed from Quick Man – he took the Quick Man’s watch and pound it into pieces.
He paid no heed when Quick Man told the audience that the watch had been slipped into the conjurer’s sleeve.
The conjurer then took the Quick Man’s handkerchief and punched holes in it.
The Quick Man thought that this was also a trick which he did not understand.
The conjurer then took the Quick Man’s hat and trampled on it.
He then proceeded to burn the Quick Man’s collar and smashed his
spectacles.
The Quick Man, all the while thought that this was just a trick.
Later the Quick Man and the entire audience towards the end realized that what the conjurer did with the Quick Man’s things were actually destroyed and were not tricks.
Thus the conjurer took his revenge. CHARACTER SKETCH OF THE CONJURER:-
The conjurer was a skilled magician. He was so talented that he could produce even a fishbowl from a piece of empty cloth. He could do difficult tricks like extracting eggs from a hat.
The conjurer was also a person who could think on his feet. When he wanted to teach the Quick Man a lesson he quickly thought of what he would do and even thought of a background introduction to the trick. He called it a Japanese trick invented by the natives of Tipperary.
This shows that he had a good imagination. The conjurer tolerated the Quick Man for a long while before taking revenge.
This shows that the conjurer had a lot of patience. From the language used by the conjurer one can say that he was well educated.
The humorous part of his character is the seriousness with which he asked for various items of clothing and accessories from Quick Man. At no point of time did he even let Quick Man realized that he was taking revenge for Quick Man spoiling his show.
The way he ends the show also shows how he uses serious words to create peals of laughter among the audience.
The conjurer keeps up the suspense till the end of the show by not letting either Quick Man or the audience realize that the “trick” that he was performing at the end of the show was not a trick but was the real destruction of the possessions of Quick Man.
The Quick Man’s Role in the Story :
The Quick Man is the heart of the story. From the beginning of the conjurer’s show, the Quick Man keeps spoiling the show for the conjurer by saying that he had things hidden up his sleeve.
This upset the conjurer and spoiled the show for the audience. Therefore, the Quick Man may be considered to be the villain of the story.
The Quick Man is also the cause of the final trick of the conjurer which lead to much amusement for the audience.
If the Quick Man were not there, the story would have ended very uneventfully without the conjurer have to do a “trick” in which there was no magic. The story would have ended in the audience dispersing after having witnessed the conjurers tricks. There would have been no humour in the story.
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Born on 30 December 1869 at Swanmore, Hampshire, England.
First book, Elements of Political Science published in 1906 .
Leacock's satirical masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little
Town.
His satirization of city life Arcadian Adventures with the Idle
Rich was published in 1914.
He was a public speaker and spoke whenever he could about
cancer. He also assisted with fund-raising for cancer research.
My Discovery of the West: A Discussion of East and West in Canada won the Governor General's Award in 1937.
Best humorous books “Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour“ and “Literary Lapses”
Summary :-
The conjurer performed several tricks for the audience.
Each time he performed a trick the Quick Man in the audience would say that the trick was done with the help of items hidden up the conjurer’s sleeve. When the conjurer produced a fish bowl from a piece of empty cloth – the Quick Man said that this must have been up his sleeve.
For all the other tricks that the conjurer performed – which includes rings, eggs, cards, bread, live guinea pig and a rocking chair – the Quick Man said that these must have had it up his sleeve.
This constant comments by the Quick Man upset the conjurer but he did no show it and went on with his trick.
The Quick Man’s comments made the audience feel that the tricks were nothing special and were as a result of the conjurer having things hidden up his sleeve.
This upset the conjurer. Inspite of his discomfort, he went on performing one trick after the other till he
He decided to take revenge. Appearing to perform a trick using items borrowed from Quick Man – he took the Quick Man’s watch and pound it into pieces.
He paid no heed when Quick Man told the audience that the watch had been slipped into the conjurer’s sleeve.
The conjurer then took the Quick Man’s handkerchief and punched holes in it.
The Quick Man thought that this was also a trick which he did not understand.
The conjurer then took the Quick Man’s hat and trampled on it.
He then proceeded to burn the Quick Man’s collar and smashed his
spectacles.
The Quick Man, all the while thought that this was just a trick.
Later the Quick Man and the entire audience towards the end realized that what the conjurer did with the Quick Man’s things were actually destroyed and were not tricks.
Thus the conjurer took his revenge. CHARACTER SKETCH OF THE CONJURER:-
The conjurer was a skilled magician. He was so talented that he could produce even a fishbowl from a piece of empty cloth. He could do difficult tricks like extracting eggs from a hat.
The conjurer was also a person who could think on his feet. When he wanted to teach the Quick Man a lesson he quickly thought of what he would do and even thought of a background introduction to the trick. He called it a Japanese trick invented by the natives of Tipperary.
This shows that he had a good imagination. The conjurer tolerated the Quick Man for a long while before taking revenge.
This shows that the conjurer had a lot of patience. From the language used by the conjurer one can say that he was well educated.
The humorous part of his character is the seriousness with which he asked for various items of clothing and accessories from Quick Man. At no point of time did he even let Quick Man realized that he was taking revenge for Quick Man spoiling his show.
The way he ends the show also shows how he uses serious words to create peals of laughter among the audience.
The conjurer keeps up the suspense till the end of the show by not letting either Quick Man or the audience realize that the “trick” that he was performing at the end of the show was not a trick but was the real destruction of the possessions of Quick Man.
The Quick Man’s Role in the Story :
The Quick Man is the heart of the story. From the beginning of the conjurer’s show, the Quick Man keeps spoiling the show for the conjurer by saying that he had things hidden up his sleeve.
This upset the conjurer and spoiled the show for the audience. Therefore, the Quick Man may be considered to be the villain of the story.
The Quick Man is also the cause of the final trick of the conjurer which lead to much amusement for the audience.
If the Quick Man were not there, the story would have ended very uneventfully without the conjurer have to do a “trick” in which there was no magic. The story would have ended in the audience dispersing after having witnessed the conjurers tricks. There would have been no humour in the story.
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