- Dream scene (The Boy Comes Home” )
- 1:How is the dispute between Philip and James resolved or settled?
- 2: Discuss the importance of the dream scene in” The Boy comes home”
- The dream scene in the play,”
The Boy comes home” has great importance , it is a dream scene that changes the finale of the play . It changes all over the scenario of the play ,without dreams scene we cannot pick up the play as whole. Dream scene changes James totally.
Philip does not pay attention to his uncle’s advice. He reacts against his uncle’s authoritative and dictatorial nature. He tells him that he cannot live with him any longer. He demands from him the money which his late father had left for him. James refuses to give him money until he reaches the age of twenty five. In the dream scene Uncle James threatens him to use the force of the money against him. upon this, Phillips takes out his revolver to suppresses the force of money by the physical Force.
He points the revolver at James. He tells him that , it has killed twenty Germans and it does not matter if it kills and Englishman (James ). Then he takes out a bomb from his pocket. James is twenty five at this. Philip puts the bomb into his pocket telling James.
“We will be rehearse and enjoy it every day.”
At last , he succeeds in surprising the under authority of James. He at once decided not to terrify him any longer. Finally ,he declares that he is willing to join his jam business .
At the end of the dream James is bewildered. Upon this, James feels relief.
He offers Philip a post in the management of his business of jam. James says about his dream, he will never be quite certain about it(dream).
here the play come to an end . “was it a dream, or wasn’t it ? “
In short, the dream scene makes the play interesting. In short, through dreams in the real personality of James come to surface.
After this he is already changed person. In fact, their conflict is resolved through this dream.
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