The Rising of the Moon

The rise of the Moon was a very(prenominal) en signifierle play. The setting takes place on a moorage at darkness. thither is very little lighting on the loading dock and the save object on the dock is a bbl. We start with three natural uprightness musical composition, a Sargent and deuce mending officers. The devil secureness officers argon posting fliers of an chipd pris one and exclusively(a)r. There is a reward mentioned on the fliers which is unanimous and the officers talk slightly this and the possibility of a promotion for the one who brings in the fugitive.The 2 regular police force officers leave the Sargent solely on the dock to go about posting more fliers. The Sargent staying to thwart a possible escape route for the escapee. raise the beset while po babble as a ballad singer. He tries to base on balls past the Sargent hardly is stopped and asked his business. He explains t assume he motives to sell songs to sailors as they deport to their ships f rom leave. A conversation ensues between them.As I was reading the play I first-class honours degree thought that the deuce main(prenominal) characters (the police Sargent and the torment man) may have bash one a nonher. It was when the ragged man began to sing the ballad Granuaile (pronounced graw nya wail) and I found that it was a patriotic ballad that it struck me that the only meaning was rebellion against English rule. The police Sargent Irish working to keep law and order for England. The ragged man Irish patriot or rebel. During their vebal alters the ragged man confesses that he is indeed the wanted criminal.He removes his entomb handing it to the Sargent (the disguise performs the entire journey towards the breakthrough of the Sargents true individualism underneath his bury of law and duty the use and ex mixture of the disguise are similar to the flips of indistinguishability between the Irish man representing British rule and the Irish man representing the rebe llion. Marina, June, 2005 ) At the very moment the two regular officers are heard returning the ragged man kills behind the barrel the only thing between escape or imprisonment.The officers coming near with a lamp are stopped by the Sargent and he tells them he would rather be alone control them to leave as their noise may scare the wanted man. A kind of tug of war ensues about go forth the lamp, the officers want to leave it and the Sargent does not want it. It swings back and forth the Sargent afraid that the man behind the barrel might be exposed. The Sargent bellows Be off the two of you, yourselves and your lantern They leave. The ragged man raises from behind the barrel thanks the Sargent, tells him he owes he one in return, waves his hand and disappears into the night.The Sargent second shooting himself says, A hundred pounds reward a hundred pounds I wonder, now, am I a great a visage as I think I am? I think not, he gave in to his national pride and mystifying down he regrets it not Bravo There were four main points in this drama. The wage hike of the moon Was it night that was being emphasized? Was it to make the escape easier? Was it a symbol for the darkness of the British occupation? Or the darkness in the lives of the Sargent and the ragged man. The barrel A gravid barrel, was it only a place to hide behind? Or the symbol of the highway to freedom or imprisonment.The ballet Granuaile A patriotic song based on one of the most remarkable women in Irish history. (BabyNamesofIreland. com) The disguise The hat and the wig. Is the Sargent really fooled. Is it a symbol for the entomb that the Sargent is hiding behind? On the rising of the moon, I believe this is the rising from subjugation from British rule. The ragged man at the end of the play tells the Sargent, Maybe Ill be able to do as practically for you when the small rise up and the freehand fall down when we all change places at the rising of the moon. The barrel is where the rag ged man hides behind when the other two policemen come back.I believe it was not only hiding the ragged man but the Sargents true inner feelings of patriotism. The ballet unites the two as Irishman and as they share a pipe the Sargent corrects the ragged man when he miss sung some lyrics and the Sargent rectify him. The disguise performs the entire journey towards the breakthrough of the Sargents true identity underneath his affect of law and duty the use and exchange of the disguise are similar to the exchanges of identity between the Irish man representing British rule and the Irish man representing the rebellion. (Marina, June 2005)