How we cite our quotes: (Act, Scene, Line)
Quote #4
MRS. BRADY. (Soothing) It's all right, baby. It's all right. (MRS. BRADY sways gently back and forth, as if rocking her husband to sleep) Baby…Baby…! (II, II, 820-23)
From giant to baby in one fell swoop; this visual image is the picture of defeat. This is another moment where the special circumstances of the theatre are used to show rather than tell what is happening in the play. Mr. Brady sure has fallen far from his original larger-than-life stardom.
Quote #5
The courtroom is almost empty. Two spectators doze in their chairs. In comparative shadow, BRADY sits, eating a box lunch. He is drowning his troubles with food, as an alcoholic escapes from reality with a straight shot. (III, 6-9)
Why do you think that Brady has given up here? It's too early for him to know that he's lost the bigger battle, isn't it?
Quote #6
JUDGE. The jury's decision is unanimous. Bertram Cates is found guilty as charged!
(There is tremendous reaction in the courtroom. Some cheers, applause, "Amens." Some boos. BRADY is pleased. But it is not the beaming, powerful, assured BRADY of the Chautauqua tent. It is a spiteful, bitter victory for him, not a conquest with a cavalcade of angels.) (III, 218-25)
This ruling should be a defeat for Bert and Drummond. But Brady is the one that seems really disappointed here. The change in his demeanor is what gives away the fact that his goal has not been accomplished; he wanted to crucify Bert. Instead, all Bert has gotten is a slap on the wrist. And Mr. Brady has already been humiliated in front his once-adoring public. Poor Mr. Brady. We guess.