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Explain how the themes and issues were communicated in a passage to

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Explain how the themes and issues were communicated in a passage to
India.

The passage to India has many themes and issues throughout the play.
When you enter the theatre the characters have already started to act, there are Indians seated in the left corner on a raised part of the stage playing music. The music is made by tradition Indian drums and a violin, to contrast the two cultures. The music gives an Indian experience. I think the music tried to show the influence that the
English culture had over the Indians, as the Indians were playing a violin in there own country. The town in the scene I believe is meant to be symbolic and represent what the whole of Indian is like.

One of the most significant themes is the …show more content…

The lighting was excellent in the play. You could clearly see when it was day and night because in the day there was a very bright, yellow light and a night the lights were very low. They used candles in the play creating atmosphere of the Indians and maybe to show the time period. They also put a candle on each side of the stage so this could represent how far away there cultures and societies were from each other. Another theme is the interaction between eastern and western culture.
In the play Mrs. Moore is to a large extent an idealized character in
A Passage to India; this elderly woman is sensitive, intelligent and kind to Dr. Azis. She is a symbol of all that is decent in western culture: she takes open-minded views and uses Christian ideals of behaviour. It is not at all surprising that he so quickly takes a liking to her.

In the play one of the issues is racism, like in the court case Dr
Asiz was not going to get a fair trial as he was Indian and also it shows in the play that sometimes people don’t agree with there own race, for example Adela at first supports doctor Azis, at the start when they are smoking together.

In the play the British identify their power by their ability to dominate the Indians and exclude them from certain privileges, whether political or social. Religion was an issue in the play because it creates a divide between the

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