RIDERS TO THE SEAA SHORT PRESENTATION BYJEANE KATHLEEN KIMM ISLA-ARCANSWM131Riders at a glancean overview This is a pla written ! "# $# Snge which tells a tragic tale o% a &other '$a(ra) who was a%raid she will lose the last o% the &en in her %a&il* which alread incl(ded + sons* her h(s!and and %ather,in,law# Now* she %ears that her last two '-) alive sons* $ichael andBartle* &a s(.er the sa&e %ate# This portras the relationship o% &an with nat(re# In the case o% the pla at hand* the sea is given two '-) %aces/ the provider and the destroer# PRO0IDER 1 $a(ra2s %a&il get their dail &eans o% %ood %ro& the seas as the are a 3shing %a&il4 DESTROYER 1 $a(ra2s &en have perished in sea,related accidents#an overview 'contin(ation) Here* Snge o.ers the raw realities o% li%e/ the &en &(st str(ggle %or their e5istence# The have to %ace the dail !attle o% li%e and &a6e their living# One o% the harshest realities that %aced $a(ra was the i&pending doo& o% the losing his re&aining - sons# 7hile it is tr(e that there were still no proo% o% $ichael2s death* she 6new in her heart that he was dead# Her - da(ghters were conte&plating on whether the can identi% his !od thro(gh the clothes that the now hide %ro& $a(ra* and indeed* it was $ichael2s# The onl consolation that the have is that he had a decent %(neral and was !lessed ! the priest# Now $a(ra %aces another %ear* that o% losing Bartle and while he set o. on his horse* she saw $ichael2s ghost 8(st !ehind Bartle# That is wh when neigh!ors arrived later with Bartle2s !od* which according to the& was 6noc6ed o. a cli. ! the horse he was leading* this co&es as no s(rprise at all# She (tters a %or& o% acceptance and that all &en can wish %or is a grave %or the dead#9(otes %ro& Riders $a(ra sas* :$ichael has a clean !(rial in the %ar north* ! the grace o% the Al&ight ;od# Bartle will have a 3ne co $a(ra is resigned to !oth deaths and is than6%(l %or a decent %or !oth her sons#?nder the SeaThe&es and $eaningsThe central or do&inant the&e in the pla is that o% %ate# It concerns o% s(.ering o% vario(s levels#$a(ra %acing the loss o% @ sons* her h(s!and and %ather,in,law4The - sisters* Aathleen and Nora* !earing the pain o% their &other2s loss4The last o% the re&aining sons now ris6s his own li%e d(e to e5tre&e necessit to provide %or the %a&il2s living#Another the&e evident in the pla is that o% the individ(al against the societ# 7hile the people (sed to !e s(!sisting where the %ar&ed* 3shed and wove %or their own* the Ind(strial Revol(tion changed this wa o% li%e ! reling on the societ#?nited SeasOne,Act Pla In 6eeping with the r(les o% a one,act pla* Riders to the Sea was loal to the three (3) unities/ Snge achieves (nit o% action thro(gh the (nchanging sit(ation with the death o% the last - sons* $ichael and Bartle* as well as with the (nela!orate conveance o% $a(ra2s grie% in losing her last son4 The entire pla happening in the B(aint cottage o% $a(ra as well as the contin(it !etween scenes prove (nit o% place and ti&e4 Everthing that transpired as &entioned a!ove provides a (nit o% e.ect* elevating the entire pla into a traged# The i&pact it provides &ove the a(dience tre&endo(sl !eca(se o% the singleness o% i&pression#A Splash to the Seaan e5cerptCro& the Sailor Ever &an is alread %aced with his own destin even !e%ore he was !orn and which he cannot change# It is (p to hi& to &a6e good o% this divine gi%t called DICE Kathleen