Pirates Of Penzance Essay

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The Pirates of Penzance, written by W. S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan, is a story involving the following characters: Mabel, Frederic, Pirate King, Ruth, the Daughters, the Pirates, the Major General, and the Policemen. It's starts with Frederic being close to becoming 21 and being able to leave the “pirate gang”. Ruth, his maid when he was younger, tells Frederic that he shouldn't have been a pirate in the first place, he should've been a pilot but she had made a mistake. Frederic tells the pirates that he hates their actions and choices. Frederic admires Ruth mostly because she is the only female he has been in contact with. He comes to the conclusion of wanting marriage. He hears singing and finds a group of beautiful women and

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