The Sardonic Use of ‘Playboy’
Christy, the protagonist, lands up in Mayo in a wretched condition. He was hungry and frightened. The crime of killing his own father has shaken him thoroughly and he is guilty for the same. Ironically, in the strange atmosphere of Mayo, where people are strangely invested with a quality of wild imagination, such heinous crime has been seen as a heroic act. And as a result of it a personality with self-confidence emerges of Christy and his shaken and shocked personality vanishes. Christy also feels a strong affection for Pegeen who is the daughter of Michael James, who gives shelter to Christy at their shebeen. It is also a jeering at Christy’s immediate terrified reaction after seeing alive his assumed ‘killed’ father. The bare truth unfolds the timidity and meakness of Christy’s prior self. ‘the walking Playboy Of The Western World’ is commented by Widow Quin sarcastically on Christy’s personality.
‘Playboy’ In The Positive Sense
Widow Quin once again uses the phrase ‘The Campion Playboy of the Western World’ but here she uses it in positive sense unlike the previous usage. It is an attribution to the champion athelete. Christy is in a winning spree in the sports he participated in. old Mohan comes …show more content…
It is the world of illusion by the people susceptible to this illusion which can be created anywhere in the world. Anyway, this illusion initiates a change in Christy for good, as depicted by the playwright, not for bad. So Sygne is not totally against this illusion. The idea holds some truth when we find Christy emerges as a true playboy after the disillusionment of the Mayoites. Symbolically, the ‘Western World’ is the place where the protagonist through disillusion and illusion experiences the evolution for the betterment of his
Christy, the protagonist, lands up in Mayo in a wretched condition. He was hungry and frightened. The crime of killing his own father has shaken him thoroughly and he is guilty for the same. Ironically, in the strange atmosphere of Mayo, where people are strangely invested with a quality of wild imagination, such heinous crime has been seen as a heroic act. And as a result of it a personality with self-confidence emerges of Christy and his shaken and shocked personality vanishes. Christy also feels a strong affection for Pegeen who is the daughter of Michael James, who gives shelter to Christy at their shebeen. It is also a jeering at Christy’s immediate terrified reaction after seeing alive his assumed ‘killed’ father. The bare truth unfolds the timidity and meakness of Christy’s prior self. ‘the walking Playboy Of The Western World’ is commented by Widow Quin sarcastically on Christy’s personality.
‘Playboy’ In The Positive Sense
Widow Quin once again uses the phrase ‘The Campion Playboy of the Western World’ but here she uses it in positive sense unlike the previous usage. It is an attribution to the champion athelete. Christy is in a winning spree in the sports he participated in. old Mohan comes …show more content…
It is the world of illusion by the people susceptible to this illusion which can be created anywhere in the world. Anyway, this illusion initiates a change in Christy for good, as depicted by the playwright, not for bad. So Sygne is not totally against this illusion. The idea holds some truth when we find Christy emerges as a true playboy after the disillusionment of the Mayoites. Symbolically, the ‘Western World’ is the place where the protagonist through disillusion and illusion experiences the evolution for the betterment of his