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Review of hour of truth

Answer 1

The hour of truth is a phenomenal story written by Percival Wilde. It is a one-act play that is a physiological thriller with a life-changing moral lesson to it.

Explanation:

• It revolves around the main character of Mr Baldwin and how he has to choose between two things i.e being honest or not.
• The author describes his difficulty in choosing along with his greed for money.

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Answer 2

In this 1944 play, an honest man, Robert Baldwin, is called on to testify in court against his boss, John Gresham. Baldwin knows Gresham illegally appropriated money, as he is charged with doing. Although it makes him unhappy to do so, Baldwin plans to tell the truth in court.

Gresham, however, offers Baldwin $100,000 (about a million in today's money) simply to say "I don't remember" when questioned under oath. Baldwin is not prepared to accept the money, because it would be lying. However—and this is where the play gets interesting—as soon as they hear about the money, Baldwin's family, who one would think would support him, begins to come up with rationalizations that would allow him to accept the cash. They mention such things as protecting Gresham from being destroyed, the fact that nobody will be harmed by losing their deposits if Baldwin lies, and their own financial needs. Greed and self interest—the desire to get their hands on the money—overcome their moral values.

Wilde is saying that ordinary people—anyone, in essence—can be corrupted if enough money is offered. It's not that people will say in a straight out way that they will lie and do immoral things for money, but they will find all sorts of nice-sounding and plausible justifications for being self serving. They will dress up immorality in pious words in order to get their hands on cash.

Baldwin has finally capitulated and decided to lie against his will because of how he is guilted by his family, who say it is his duty as provider to take the ji money. What saves him is his previous record of integrity, for Gresham decides to confess when he decides, after all, that Baldwin will not lie under oath.

The play makes a stark and uncomfortable point that it is easy to find excuses for unethical behavior, inviting us to examine what we would do in a similar situation.

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