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An Essay discussing Act Two, Scene Four, “The Aborigine Muses on the Nature of Dreams”, of “Our Country’s Good” by Timberlake Wertenbaker
“The Aborigine Muses on the Nature of Dreams” is the fourth scene of act two, in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s “Our Country’s Good”. It is a brief monologue by The Aborigine in which he comments on the events of the rest of the play. “Our Country’s Good” is episodic and this scene, in which The Aborigine invokes themes of disillusionment and failure, continues this trend.
Throughout the play, The Aborigine fulfils a similar role to that of a “chorus” in a Greek tragedy. ... The idea that The Aborigine is modelled on the ‘choric’ role of a Greek tragedy is reinforced by the various other references to the classical era in the play, such as the debate between several of the officers, in act one, scene six, regarding the relative merits of classical Greek and Roman civilisation. ...
In this scene the word “dream” is used three times in the space of just four sentences. The word elicits notions of the abstract and magic which add further to the audience’s perception of The Aborigine as possessing a mysterious, omniscient wisdom. ...
The Aborigine’s depiction of a “dream” may invoke, in some members of an audience, parallels to the Platonic, and subsequently Christian, theory of a “soul” because both Plato and The Aborigine transform something inherently abstract into a concrete entity and because The Aborigine’s use of the word “lost” may remind audiences of the colloquialism “like a lost soul”.
Approximate Word count = 1168
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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