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Translations Discuss the variety of and significance of the tensions in act 1. 'Translations' by Brian Friel is a play written to inform the audience of the loss of culture and lack of understanding between England and Ireland. This book is ambiguous concerning what the moral of the play is. This could vary from Hope vs. Death to Understanding vs. Misinterpretations. Misunderstanding someone or something, as we all know can be quite frustrating. Act 1 contains many scenes of which can portray this in some way or other. Sarah arrives in act one as a mute, Manus tries to help her to speak her name but she appears unable. Gradually she succeeds. This in itself symbolises a lack of communication between two people. Considering Sarah can hardly complete a sentence, selfishly jimmy interrupts their conversation by illustrating to them both that he is perfectly intelligent and on top of that he...

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