Summary
A compelling allegorical drama, Madame Jealousy meticulously dissects the insidious corrosion of connubial bliss by malevolent forces. The narrative unfurls with the idyllic union of Charm and Valor, their nascent happiness immediately targeted by the titular, resentful entity, Jealousy. Her machinations are subtle yet potent: a spectral photograph of Valor's forgotten past love, Forgotten, materializes, sowing seeds of doubt in Charm's heart. Simultaneously, Valor is subtly manipulated into distrusting his beloved. This engineered chasm precipitates their retreat to their respective parental domains—Valor to the materialistic influence of Finance and Display, Charm to the austere embrace of Commerce and Pride, where she languishes with Sorrow. As Charm navigates her despair, Valor succumbs further to the machinations of Treachery, finding solace in a disreputable establishment, culminating in a shocking act of filial defiance against his father. Amidst the ensuing financial skirmish between the estranged families, a miraculous birth occurs: Happiness, a child whose innocent presence transcends the manufactured animosity. This profound, redemptive arrival ultimately dispels the toxic miasma, banishing Madame Jealousy and her malevolent retinue—Mischief, Treachery, and Rumor—restoring a fragile, hard-won harmony.
Synopsis
Charm and Valor fall in love and are married. Jealousy, however, is angry at their happiness and decides to ruin their marriage, so she arranges for Charm to find an old photograph of her husband's former sweetheart Forgotten. Valor is also led to mistrust Charm, and the two return to their respective parents: his, Finance and Display, and hers, Commerce and Pride. While Charm spends her days with Sorrow, Treachery endeavors to ruin Valor by luring him to a disreputable roadhouse, and when Valor's father tries to bring him home, the young man strikes his father with a bottle. The two sets of parents are in the midst of a financial battle when Charm gives birth to a child, Happiness. The child reunites the couple, and Madame Jealousy, along with her servants Mischief, Treachery and Rumor, finally are banished.
