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i dont know“Master Harold and the Boys”: Ballroom Dancing as a Metaphor In Athol Fugard’s, Master Harold and the Boys, the use of ballroom dancing is used to serve as a metaphor portraying the world’s political affairs and relations among countries. Depicting the unjust years of Apartheid in South Africa, ballroom dancing serves as a pioneering theme which symbolizes Willie and Sam’s view on how the world should be run. Sam asserts how he believes that the world should not consist of different people “bumping into each other.” According to Karl Marx and Frederic Engles’ Communist Manifesto, “History is a hitherto of class struggles.” However, in this era of history, it is a conflict based on the segregation between that of whites and blacks. In short, ballroom dancing serves as a metaphor symbolizing an ideal world without war and conflict from Sam and Willie’s perspective. Throughout the novel, one of the major components of this metaphor is how practice and experience brings about dexterity and skill. When Sam is teaching Willie how to master in his dancing, Fugard is actually depicting how he believes that patience and the passing of time is a key factor in order to acquire a world without racism and discrimination. Politics consist of mistakes frequently, such as that of apartheid. "Having established the white race as superior under apartheid, the National Party set into motion a policy of segregating all public facilities." In addition, Willie and Sam are extremely patient when insulted upon by Hally. They were tolerant and despite their poor treatment and deprivation, they had sanguinity that someday the situation would change. If they were not accountable of an optimistic attitude, pessimism and despair would obstruct their hope to achieve peace and order. For example, when Hally spit on Sam, Sam asked Willie if he should hit Hally.
Approximate Word count = 1207
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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