Hobsons Choice What do you think is the most important incident in the play? Explain the importance of the incident showing how the characters themes and relationships are developed.

I think the most important incident in the play is when Maggie decides that she is going to marry Willie. There are several reasons why this incident is so important. Primarily the relationship between Maggie and Willie develops and has effects upon both Maggie's sisters, her father and each of them. It adds excitement to the play because, in this era, women were not supposed to be so strong willed and were expected to do …

…wanted. Hobson would have been happy to rob his daughters of their lives so he could continue to drink his way merrily thought life. Because of the far sightedness of Maggie this did not materialise and he ended up loosing his business to his clever daughter. The tables are completely turned and the 'backward lad' Hobson threatened to whip at the beginning of the play ends up being in a partnership with his old master.