The biggest dreamer in the play is probably Jimmy Jack Cassie. He is so wrapped up in Homer that, to him, the world of the Greek Gods and mythology is as real as every day life in Baile Beag. We feel that Jimmy is a lonely old man, he has probably never had a proper relationship with a woman in his life, which is why he dreams of marrying the Goddess Athene. At the end of the play, Jimmy has actually convinced himself that he is to marry Athene and he even asks Hugh to be his best man. I do like Jimmy; he's completely harmless ?just a bit dazed by everything.

Hugh is like Jimmy in the way that he dreams of the past ?but Hugh dreams of his own, actual past, 'we were heroes? He wants Ireland to be as it always was ?as do the vast majority of the Irish people. Hugh's escapism is his drink. He can hold his drink pretty well ?he always knows exactly how

At first, Owen's dream was to make a career for himself in Dublin. Six years before the start of the play, he left Baile Beag and became quite successful. When he arrives at the hedge-school everyone admires him and believe that he has 'ten big shops in Dublin?and 'twelve horses and six servants? This isn't true, but Owen plays on it. He is looked up to by the students, 'would you listen to them ?taking a hand at me!? but not by Manus. Manus could be slightly envious that his brother managed to leave and have as career. At the end of the Play, Manus and Owen's roles seem to have reversed. Manus leaves whilst Owen stays. Owen's dream now is to have his old life back. He isn't working for the English anymore and when he leaves, we believe that he is, indeed, going to fight against the English Army.

Lancey wants to do his job. He wants law and order and everything to be sorted out as quickly as possible. His dream is to impose English laws on the Irish. He is very patriarchal. When we are first introduced to Lancey, he seems like a decent sort of guy, although he talks of the Irish as 'them? But, by the end of the play, he really becomes the commanding officer. He shouts at everyone and even calls Owen by his surname, O'Donnell. He is very good to his own men, which is why he is so angry when his lieutenant goes missing. He frightens Sarah so much that she loses all her power of speech that manus so patiently coaxed out of her.

sober (or, in most cases, how not sober) his is. The drink makes him seem like just some drunken old fool ?but Hugh is very clever. He is always aware of what's happening in his surroundings, except, maybe, at the end when he doesn't realise that Manus has gone. He deli

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