A Lesson from Aloes Essays and Criticism

A Lesson from Aloes | Essays and Criticism

The Importance of Language in A Lesson from Aloes
Perkins is a professor of twentieth-century American and British literature and film. In the following essay, she considers the importance of language in the play.
Athol Fugard Overview
In the following essay, the critic gives an overview of (Harold) Athol Fugard’s work.
Fugard and his Characters
In the following excerpt, Weales points out that Fugard writes about what he knows. As a South African, glimpses of Fugard can be found in his character Piet in A Lesson from Aloes and the characters in the play “are necessarily South African.”
The Afrikaner Characters in A Lesson from Aloes
In the following excerpt, Durbach explores the Afrikaner characters in A Lesson from Aloes who want to “create a world of sustaining order” amid the chaos in South Africa in the 1960s, like the “miraculous” aloe plant which springs forth from seemingly deficient and hostile land.