Problem
1) What is the setting of "the play the rising of the moon" and how is a sense of socio-historic context crucial to understanding it?
2) What is the conflict driving the narrative, how is it resolved, and how does this overarching plot structure serve to develop theme?
3) How does the title of the play speak to its core theme(s)?
4) What is the symbolism of the sergeant and the revolutionary sitting back-to-back on the barrel while talking? What is the symbolism of the sergeant's rejection of the lantern?
5) What is the thematic significance of the ending stage direction?