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'Hobson's choice' means
having no real choice at all. It is
said to have its origins in the way a livery
stable owner called Hobson allocated horses
to people who hired them out. The choice of
horse they were given was the one nearest
the door, or no horse at all.
When was Harold Brighouse born?
in 1882 in Salford, Greater Manchester
When did Brighouse start writing plays?
Brighouse wrote his first one-act play, Lonesome-like, in 1909, and many other plays followed. By the beginning of the First World War, he had established a career as a playwright.
How is Hobson's Choice like a tragic drama?
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In a Tragedy , a great man (the tragic
hero) causes his own downfall by a character
flaw and misguided behaviour. The fall of
Henry Hobson, as he loses his daughters and
his business through drinking and selfish,
tyrannical behaviour, has parallels with
Shakespeare's tragic heroes such as King
Lear.
iHow is Hobson's Choice like a tragic drama?
How is Hobson's Choice like a tragic drama?
In a Tragedy , a great man (the tragic
hero) causes his own downfall by a character
flaw and misguided behaviour. The fall of
Henry Hobson, as he loses his daughters and
his business through drinking and selfish,
tyrannical behaviour, has parallels with
Shakespeare's tragic heroes such as King
Lear.