Sunday, November 15, 2009
Connection #3 (The Playboy of the Western World)
In the play The Playboy of the Western World, Christy wound up at a small Irish town after murdering his own father. The people in the small Irish town rarely leave their town, and therefore had rarely seen anyone from outside of their town. When Christy arrives, claiming to have killed his father with his own hands and a shovel, the town embraces him, thinking he is a hero for having the courage to kill his own father. Christy soon falls in love with a local girl, named Pegeen. Christy loves to tell everyone of his story, adding extreme details each time he tells it. As the play progresses, Christy is faced to deal with a challenge. His father Mahon (the one who he supposedly killed) shows up at the town. The town is outraged at Christy! Christy then gets in another brawl with his father and again strikes him over the head. The town, believing that Christy just killed his own father, prepares to hang him. As he is about to be hanged, Mahon shows up again and saves Christy. Christy departs from the small Irish town and leaves his love Pegeen, to once again run away with his father. The connection to the culminating question…..
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In the play The Playboy of the Western World, Christy found himself in control of his own destiny. Christy chose to hit his father over the head with a shovel, and chose to flee to a small Irish town. When his father shows up looking to seek revenge on his son, Christy chooses to hit and almost kill his father again. Finally, when the town is about to kill Christy for his crimes, Christy chooses to go with his father and then runs off again. Christy was in control of his life and his decisions throughout the entire play.
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