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 The play has so many connotations to
catholicism. There are Priests, blessings, Holy
water, etc.
 Maurya acts like a pagan despite being a
catholic.
 She listens to the power of the sea than the
power of God.
 Maurya represents tradition. Her children and
the young priest represent modernity.
 The tensions between the two worlds impact
Bartley.
 Modernity ultimately prevails.
 All of the characters resign to fate at the end
of the play.
 Throughout the play, Maurya believes that it
is her son’s fate to die
 Fate cannot be avoided. They are essentially
fatalists.
 Superstitions like a ghost could cause the
death of a loved one to assuage its
loneliness.
 It was also believed that the dead minded
other people wearing their clothes.
 Maurya doesn’t give blessing because of
superstition.
 The use of number nine is superstitious. The
number nine is used as a sign of bad luck
throughout the story.
 The Industrial revolution changed everything
so that people were unable to make a living
in the traditional way.
 Bartley is caught between the devil and deep
blue sea.
 The individual is pitted against society and
the conflict results in death.
 The sea is the most powerful element in the
play.
 It represents opportunity as well danger.
In line with the Greek thought that one must
suffer nobly and die a noble death.
Maurya suffers all her life.
 Nora gives Michael’s stick to Maurya.
 Bartley’s search for rope.
 Maurya intensifies the irony.
 Tragic irony
 Works cited:
 Greek elements in John Millington Synge’s
Riders to the sea
By Sister Mary Gabriela Klein de Notre Dame
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of the Creighton
University in partial fulfillment of the
requirments for the degree of master of arts
in the department of English
Omaha,1941

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Riders in the sea-thematic analysis

  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.  The play has so many connotations to catholicism. There are Priests, blessings, Holy water, etc.  Maurya acts like a pagan despite being a catholic.  She listens to the power of the sea than the power of God.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7.  Maurya represents tradition. Her children and the young priest represent modernity.  The tensions between the two worlds impact Bartley.  Modernity ultimately prevails.
  • 8.  All of the characters resign to fate at the end of the play.  Throughout the play, Maurya believes that it is her son’s fate to die  Fate cannot be avoided. They are essentially fatalists.
  • 9.
  • 10.  Superstitions like a ghost could cause the death of a loved one to assuage its loneliness.  It was also believed that the dead minded other people wearing their clothes.
  • 11.  Maurya doesn’t give blessing because of superstition.  The use of number nine is superstitious. The number nine is used as a sign of bad luck throughout the story.
  • 12.
  • 13.  The Industrial revolution changed everything so that people were unable to make a living in the traditional way.  Bartley is caught between the devil and deep blue sea.  The individual is pitted against society and the conflict results in death.
  • 14.
  • 15.  The sea is the most powerful element in the play.  It represents opportunity as well danger.
  • 16. In line with the Greek thought that one must suffer nobly and die a noble death. Maurya suffers all her life.
  • 17.
  • 18.  Nora gives Michael’s stick to Maurya.  Bartley’s search for rope.  Maurya intensifies the irony.  Tragic irony
  • 19.  Works cited:  Greek elements in John Millington Synge’s Riders to the sea By Sister Mary Gabriela Klein de Notre Dame A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Creighton University in partial fulfillment of the requirments for the degree of master of arts in the department of English Omaha,1941