RUR is a lighthearted theatrical work dealing with deeper issues. Helena is the President’s daughter of the Rossum’s Universal Robots’ factory. The play begins with her visit to the factory and the meeting with the management, six men who all fall in love with her. The dialogues between the seven characters in the first act are hilarious. Although the ending of this act is kind of lame, it serves to conclude the story in the second and final act.
RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots) was my first reading of this author. A dear friend of mine suggested me to read a couple of Karel Capek’s book, and I’m not regretting following her suggestion. The story is fun. But, despite the entertaining parts, it’s interesting to see how early back in the days, mankind feared a robotic revolution, the empowerment of robots and because of that, the destruction of humanity. The theme has become mainstream in plenty of dystopian stories of our times. Not only novels but also movies and TV series.
The reason for the three stars is that being an old play, the only female character doesn’t shine as really clever, but even these days it’s hard to see an interesting female character, especially in sci-fi.
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