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The Real Inspector Hound Tom Stoppard Contrasting settings, ideals and people dominate The Real Inspector Hound. Almost every character has an opposite, and is otherwise totally unique. Cynthia is opposite to Felicity, Simon is the contrast of Magnus, and so on. Tom Stoppard has included these contrasts for a variety of reasons and effects that combine to create the disturbing effect of the play incredibly effectively. But what individual effects do his characters create by opposing each other so accurately. At the start of the play, Stoppard deliberately confuses the audience with the opposing characters of Birdboot and Moon, at first; the audience is left to indulge in the view of moon and the body, this allows them to create their own impression of Moon, and Stoppard encourages this impression with moons early actions. Moon begins by staring blankly ahead, then he reads his program, then he continues to stare. This affects the...

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