Dream on Monkey Mountain (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Derek Walcott
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: A West Indian island
- Principal Characters: Tigre, Souris, Corporal Lestrade, Makak, Moustique
- Genres: Drama, Allegory
- Subjects: 1960’s, Self-discovery, Caribbean, Colonialism, Race, Revolutions, Dreams, Individuality
- Locales: West Indies, Islands
The Play
Dream on Monkey Mountain opens with a prologue set in a West Indian jail where Makak, an old black man, is placed after his arrest on Saturday night for being drunk and disorderly. The mulatto jailer, Corporal Lestrade, tells the two thieves in the other cell, Tigre and Souris, that Makak thinks he is the king of Africa. The three men taunt and mock Makak, who reveals that during a dream an apparition in the form of a beautiful white woman had appeared and ordered him to reclaim his African heritage.
Shifting to Monkey Mountain, where Makak lives, scene 1...
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