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Act 3, Scene 3
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in If We Were Villains, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Fate vs. Free Will
Identity and Disguise
Love and Sexuality
Theatre and Corruption
Summary
Analysis
Julius Caesar and the fourth-years’ classes get cancelled for the remainder of the term. On the Tuesday after Richard’s death, the fourth-years go back to the Castle to pack their luggage for the Thanksgiving break. Richard’s memorial service is to be that evening. When Oliver drags his suitcase downstairs, he encounters Filippa standing in front of the fire. Oliver tries to ask her where she’s going for the break, but she snaps at him and refuses to answer. He offers to bring her home with him if she needs a place to stay, and Filippa turns to look at him. She tells him that she’s scared “of what happens now.” They start to part ways for Richard’s memorial service, but before he goes, Oliver tells her not to be scared.
It’s unclear at this point why Filippa is standing by the fire. Again, Filippa is evasive about her home life, which suggests that it’s likely bad in some way. When she tells Oliver she’s scared, she seems to be referring to several different things: the memorial service, the police investigation, and the closeness of their group, to name a few. Oliver can only comfort Filippa by encouraging her to be brave; he can’t really solve any of her other problems.
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