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All that I have said so far deals only with types, forms a sort of modern morality play. This must be corrected by strong individualizations: - [[strikethrough]][[?]][[/strikethrough]] both of the characters, as of the dramatic situations.

A final attempt to individualize the dramatic situations, might be as follows. 

The individualist is the centre of this Bohemian grant - He must have some definite work in society, as in the drama. He must aim to achieve something. We might suppose him to be a great, gay, inspired preacher in New York, or sort of modern or wise Savonarola. or better Dr. Parkhurst. as [[??]] Grant not bound to church. related to peoples movements. Yet he is not an Evangelist by ordinary method. His ministries are conformists & [[conformian??]]. but that is not definite enough, for drama. He must show his individuation rather by the way he attacks his separate & special subject, rather than for itself. 

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But what sort of social relations will give the best dramatic & interesting material? What sort of conventions should he attack?