Beyond the Horizon | Themes

Dreams
Dreams provide the main theme of the play. Every one of the characters has dreams. Ruth dreams of having a husband. James dreams of having a bigger farm and hopes that his son, Andy, will marry Ruth Atkins so that they can take over the adjoining Atkins farm. Says James, ‘‘Joined together they’d make a jim-dandy of a place, with plenty o’ room to work in.’’ However, the biggest dreamers in the story are Robert and Andy, who have opposite dreams. Robert is a poet and has the romantic dream of going ‘‘beyond the horizon’’ to experience...

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