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What do you find of significance in Friel's presentation of the world of the play?
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What do you find of significance in Friel's presentation of the world of the play? In Brian Friel's " Translations" many different places are mentioned such as the hedge-school, Baile Beag, Ireland, England, America and India. However, the play is mainly set in the hedge-school and there is only one scene outside of the hedge-school which is set in a ' vaguely outside area'. Therefore one may question why Friel has mentioned such various places if they have no direct relevance to where the play is set and if these places are of great importance to the play and its characters. The hedge-school is the main setting of the play. The hedge-school is held in a disused barn or hay-sed and is described to be, ' comfortless and dusty and functional' This description of the classroom, is very contrasting to an average classroom as it is not clean,organised...
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