discuss the emotional conflict of the sergeant
the central conflict between the English oppression on the Irish people and the latter’s patriotic fight for freedom. whereas the central conflict of the play is the struggle between the Man and the Sergeant as to whether the fugitive will be allowed to pass unmolested and make his escape
the deep conflict between the hearts of the Irish people, even those hired as policemen (who also longed secretly, in their heart of hearts, for freedom, as often as not), and their duty to maintain the status quo, with all the English gold and power and "good common sense" behind it. In this story, it is the songs of and Irish bard which catch the Sergeant''s heart, in spite of himself, as he keeps watch to capture an escaped political prisoner--as music has always caught the human heart, and nowhere more than among the Irish. The outcome is totally unpredictable, and yet the consequence was, eventually, the successful fight for freedom, and the Irish Republic.
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