The Scarecrow is introduced into society as Lord Ravensbane, with Dickon as his tutor. Ravensbane seems to enjoy smoking a corncob pipe, but the truth is that the pipe actually keeps him alive. Unfortunately for Goody and Dickon's sinister plan, the Scarecrow soon develops kind-hearted feelings of his own. His true identity is revealed at a party, when his reflection in the Mirror of Truth, which Rachel has bought from Goody, reveals a scarecrow, rather than a man. The other guests panic and flee, all except Rachel and her fiancé Richard Talbot, who are the only ones that return. The Scarecrow, horrified, and finally realizing the true meaning of his "mission", breaks his corncob pipe and collapses, only to momentarily revive and see in the mirror that his sacrifice for Rachel has transformed him into a real human being. With a look of wonder and happiness on his face, he falls back dead. When Talbot examines him and says, "He's dead", Rachel triumphantly, yet sadly, answers, "But - a man!" The curtain falls. The play's language is a sort of cross between seventeenth-century and what was considered modern English in 1908. Copyright The copyright for this play has expired in the United States and, thus, now resides in the public domain. The Internet Archive contains scans in various formats at The scarecrow; or, The glass of truth; a tragedy of the ludicrous (c1908). References External links Complete Play 1908 plays Broadway plays Adaptations of works by Nathaniel Hawthorne Fiction about the Devil