A Member of the Parliament was Nušić’s first comedy. Although written towards the end of the 19th century, the characters and events can be set in any time, even in today’s world. Nušić depicts petty bourgeois eager for power in a comic manner. And each of them has their own reason – one wants a position because of social prestige, another has only money on their mind, and another is hungry for power… In a race for power, there are no positive characters – each and every one of them are negative, seeking power purely for themselves, not for the sake of the state or (God forbid) for the sake of the people.