Casina vs The Braggart Soldier

Out of the two plays I much preferred Casina. I found the entire story to be extremely amusing and it made me not want to stop reading. While in the Braggart Soldier I found myself looking away from the text often as it did not hook me in. I thought that Casina was far easier to read because the plot thickened very quickly rather than the long buildup to any events that we saw in the Braggart Soldier. I also enjoyed that there was a very strong female lead in Casina that refused to be manipulated and was a strong enough character to outwit and put her husband in his place. In the Braggart Soldier the female characters very rarely have control or even take on the role of a lead character but tend to remain in the back seat of situations. I also found it amusing that despite Casina being the entire reason the play was occurring she never appeared in the play itself. This was interesting to me because I think it showed how the men in the story were far more interested in themselves than they were in the girl in the long run. Overall I found the Braggart Solider to drag on and waste a lot of time on needless dialogue while Casina immediately hooked the reader and continued to keep them entertained using witty dialogue and humorous events.