Unlock‘d is the perfect example of modern day musical theatre which can be seen through the synopsis of the musical. The musical is written by Sam Carner with music written by Derek Gregor in which they came up with an idea or theme of the possibility that one minute, insignificant event could have such a major impact on all others in every imaginable way. This led further to a story being developed based on the poem, “The Rape of the Lock”, written by Alexander Pope. In the context of this musical, they delved through a seemingly simple idea of a sister, Clarissa, wanting to wed off her step-sister Belinda in hopes of catching the attention of any men, seeing that none could take focus on her or any women as long as Belinda continued to remain single. In this time, and following in context with the poem, for Belinda to finally choose someone, that would require her giving a lock of her hair to that man, of which she is to an extent shallow, with her only comfort is her beautiful hair that she has taken care of for years. This alone produces enough conflict that can have a major effect on …show more content…
The two noteworthy soliloquies involve Clarissa and her struggle against getting her sister to settle for a man along with the aftermath of a lock of Belinda's hair that was stolen. As she speaks in couplets, Clarissa sets forth this vision of a world where she has a chance to find love, but her only chance revolves around her sister of which she simply envies. This progresses further as Clarissa finds more anger with the knowledge of the man Clarissa starts to fall for, falls for Belinda instead. Therefore, this pushed her to steal the lock from her sister in hopes of sending her off. Instead of Clarissa finding herself in the limelight of many suitors, irony ensues as all suitors then fight for Belinda by searching for her missing lock of