Silent Drama on Virtues and Vices

(A sketch)

 (The Narrator is off stage speaking through a microphone)

Take heed of the benefits of virtues and beware of the repercussions of vices. Let us reflect on the characteristics of each and choose aright. (Each virtue walks in with opposing vice)

TRUTH
Truth is that which is real to us. Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; It is the daughter of time, the eternal years of God are hers. An eternal truth is but an appearance of reality behind which man has not yet been able to detect change.
FALSEHOOD
Falsehood is the practice of telling lies. Let not thy statement be untrue and thy way full of deceits. The surest way to be deceived is to think one’s self more clever than others. Only those who fear truth lie.
TOLERANCE
Tolerance is an attitude which preserves individualism without jeopardizing the welfare of a whole. It measures the degree to which we can suffer pain and difficulty without being harmed. It is our willingness to allow people do, say and believe what they want without condemning them.
INTOLERANCE
Intolerance is our unwillingness to accommodate others. . No man can be honest in his convictions who has not first explored the possibility of an opposite view. Intolerance is the destroyer of peace. It breeds chaos, disintegration and death.
HONOUR
Honour is the inner garment of the soul; the first thing put on by it with flesh and the last it lays down at its separation from it. Fine nobility resideth not but in the soul; nor is there true honour except in goodness. Pursue that which is honourable, do that which is right; and the applause of thine own conscience will be more to thee, than the shout of millions who know not that thou deservest them.
DISHONOUR
Dishonour brings disgrace and loss of respect. It is honour which thou directest to wrong purposes. It shameth and destroyeth thee.
JUSTICE
The peace of society depends on justice; keep the desires of thy heart, therefore within the bounds of moderation; let the hand of justice lead them aright. In thy dealings with men, be impartial and just, and do unto them as thou wouldst they should do unto thee.
INJUSTICE
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. O son of society! Examine thy heart, call remembrance to thy aid, and if in any of thy dealings, thou findest thou hast transgressed, take sorrow and shame to thyself, and make speedy reparation to the utmost of thy power.
TEMPERANCE
Temperance is sensible control of the things you do and say. It is not only the practice of never drinking alcohol for moral or religious reasons. The nearest approach thou canst make happiness is to enjoy from heaven understanding and health. These blessing if thou possess and wouldst preserve to old age, avoid the allurement of voluptuousness, and fly from her temptations.
INDULGENCE
Indulgence of this kind has other names in extravagance, extremism and gluttony. Heed not its luring and passionate call for pleasure, moderation is the watch word and thy path, the middle. Take note, brothers and sisters. Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
HONESTY
Honesty is not only when you do not lie or steal, it is also saying that which is true. O thou who art enamoured with the beauties of truth blush at falsehood, and is confounded, but in speaking the truth he hath steady eyes. An honest man is the noblest work of God.
DISHONESTY
Dishonesty is the twin brother of inaccuracy; He who lies is also a thief, for has he not stolen another’s trust in his words? The heart of the hypocrite is laid in his breast; he makes his words in the semblance of truth, while the business of his life is only to deceive.
FORTITUDE
Fortitude behooves thee therefore, O child of calamity, early to fortify thy mind with courage and patience, that thou mayest support, with a becoming resolution thy allotted portion of human evil. As a rock on the seashore he stands firm and the dashing of the waves disturb him not.
WEAKNESS
Vain and inconstant if thou art, how canst but be weak? Is not inconstancy connected with frailty? Can there be vanity without infirmity? Avoid the danger of the one, and thou shall escape the mischief of the other.
MORALITY
Morality constitutes the beliefs or ideas about what is right and wrong and about how people should behave. Morality measures the degree to which something is right or acceptable. Moral sense is the way in which we regard the relation of self to our environment.
IMMORALITY
Immorality is the violation of accepted standards of moral behaviour. It reflects the state of corruption. It is sin against God and man.
CHASTITY
Chastity states the innocence of immoral sexual intercourse. The woman who is chaste, is she not praised? The man who is honest, deserveth he not to be honoured? Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
LUST
Beware young man, beware of the allurement of wantonness and let not the harlot tempt thee to excess in her delights. The madness of desire shall defeat its own pursuits; from the blindness of its rage thou shalt rush upon destruction.
DUTY
Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. Lost time is never found again. In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty The only way to enjoy rest is to work for it. Duty is the crown, and the expression of virtues that are around us now. Its idealism is in service to humanity.(Pause)

(All virtues come together and form a circle while all vices make early exits)Brothers and sisters embrace that which is desirable and flee from all vices