RIDERS TO THE

SEA THEMES
BY ASAD
CENTRAL
THEME?
THE POWER
OF THE SEA.
THE SEA - A SOURCE BOTH OF
NURTURE AND OF ANGUISH
FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING ON
THE ARAN ISLANDS - SEEMS
MORE POWERFUL THAN GOD
IN THE PLAY.
MICHAELS CORPSE WOULD BE
UNRECOGNIZED - WHAT WAY WOULD
THEY KNOW IF IT WAS MICHAEL THEY
HAD, OR ANOTHER MAN LIKE HIM, FOR
WHEN A MAN IS NINE DAYS IN THE SEA,
AND THE WIND BLOWING, ITS HARD SET
HIS OWN MOTHER WOULD BE TO SAY
WHAT MAN WAS IT.
S A I D B Y M A U R YA
AND ISNT IT A PITIFUL THING
WHEN THERE IS NOTHING LEFT
OF A MAN WHO WAS A GREAT
ROWER AND FISHER, BUT A BIT
OF AN OLD SHIRT AND A PLAIN
STOCKING?
NORA TO CATHLEEN
WHEN TRYING TO OPEN THE
BUNDLE, IN WHICH MICHAELS
CLOTHES WERE PRESENT,
CATHLEEN AND NORA HAD TO
USE A KNIFE TO CUT THE STRING
WHICH WAS PERISHED WITH
THE SALT WATER.
IT ISNT THAT I HAVENT PRAYED FOR
YOU, BARTLEY, TO THE ALMIGHTY
GOD. IT ISNT THAT I HAVENT SAID
PRAYERS IN THE DARK NIGHT TILL
YOU WOULDNT KNOW WHAT ID BE
SAYING; BUT ITS A GREAT REST ILL
HAVE NOW, AND ITS TIME SURELY.
SAID BY MAURYA
AGE AND
GENDER
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
MEN WORK OUT, AND
WOMEN HANDLE
CHORES AT HOME.
LACK OF MEN MIGHT
CAUSE OF SHIFT IN
THE ROLES OF THE
CHARACTERS.
INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING SUITE
WHERE THE YOUNGSTERS LISTEN
TO THEIR ELDERS BARTLEY
BREAKS TRADITION BY IGNORING
MAURYA, AND INSTEAD CHOOSING
TO FOLLOW DO HIS DUTY AS THE
MAN OF THE HOUSE.
CATHLEEN AND
NORA ARE NOT
PREPARED,
DEMI LOVATO KNOWS (DONT TELL YOUR MOTHER)
ITS THE LIFE OF A YOUNG
MAN TO BE GOING ON THE
SEA, AND WHO WOULD LISTEN
TO AN OLD WOMAN WITH ONE
THING AND SHE SAYING IT
OVER?
SAID BY CATHLEEN
FATE AND
MORTALITY
MULTIPLE OMENS
AND SYMBOLS
SIGNIFYING
DEATH
WHITE
BOARDS.
MAURYA
PREDICTS
BARTLEYS
DEATH
ITS HARD SET WELL
BE SURELY THE DAY
YOURE DROWNDD WITH
THE REST
SA I D BY M A UR YA
ROPE ~
GAROTTE ?
THEIR
FATE?
NOT A SURPRISE
DUE TO ALL THE
INDICATIONS AND
FORESHADOWS
IN THE BIG WORLD THE OLD PEOPLE
DO BE LEAVING THINGS AFTER THEM
FOR THEIR SONS AND CHILDREN, BUT
IN THIS PLACE IT IS THE YOUNG MEN
DO BE LEAVING THINGS BEHIND FOR
THEM THAT DO BE OLD.
SAID BY MAURYA
(TAKING THE STICK THAT MICHAEL BROUGHT FROM
CONNEMARA)
TRADITION VS
MODERNITY
SPIRITUALITY
AND
MOURNING
CATHOLICISM +
PAGAN = ???
TRY
ANYTHING!
SHES LYING DOWN,
GOD HELP HER, AND MAY
BE SLEEPING, IF SHES
ABLE. GOD SPARE US.
THE GRACE OF GOD.
POWER OF SEA
>
POWER OF GOD
BARTLEYS BLESSING
CATHLEEN
VS MAURYA
WHILE THE FAMILY MEMBERS
ARE EARNEST IN THEIR
CATHOLICISM AND THEY
TAKE PRAYER AND THEOLOGY
SERIOUSLY, THEIR FAITH IS
NOT WHOLLY PLACED IN GOD.
THE TITLE OF THE IS ACTUALLY
AN ALLUSION TO THE BOOK OF
EXODUS FROM THE BIBLE,
WHICH SAYS: "THE HORSE AND
HIS RIDER HATH HE THROWN
INTO THE SEA."
GETTING HOLY WATER
IN THE DARK NIGHTS
AFTER SAMHAIN
(A PAGAN MOURNING
RITUAL) - IRONY
I WONT STOP HIM, SAYS HE, BUT
LET YOU NOT BE AFRAID. HERSELF
DOES BE SAYING PRAYERS HALF
THROUGH THE NIGHT, AND THE
ALMIGHTY GOD WONT LEAVE HER
DESTITUTE, SAYS HE, WITH NO SON
LIVING.
NORA QUOTING THE YOUNG PRIEST
HOPE YOU
ENJOYED ;]
DEDICATED TO PARAG SIR