what is the central idea of the play progress ?
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“Progress” by St. John Greer Ervine is a successful specimen of a one-act play. It has not only a unity of theme (the abolition of war) the unities of time; place and action are also meticulously maintained.
★Question:
•what is the central idea of the play progress ?
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•Progress” by St. John Greer Ervine is a powerful anti-war play. It presents professor Corrie talking excitedly about his destructive bomb to his sister Mrs. Meldon, who has recently lost her only son in war.
•Professor Corrie is busy with his experiment. He is happy and proud as his experiment has proved a success. His sister Mrs. Meldon is grief – stricken as she has lost her only son Eddie in the First World War. She lost her husband also in the war. Corrie advises her not to think about the past.