Boesman and Lena Questions and Answers
Boesman and Lena
Boesman’s memory of traumatic events is sharpened by his drinking. Identify and briefly discuss at least three events...
All of these traumatic events are in some way related to Boesman’s experience as a mixed-race man in apartheid-era South Africa. He and Lena have been bulldozed out of their home under racist...
Boesman and Lena
Boesman’s memory of traumatic events is sharpened by his drinking. Identify and briefly discuss at least three events...
Though still quite a recent event, the destruction of Boesman and Lena’s shack by the authorities is no less traumatic. Like so many other people in this racist society, they’ve had their home...
Boesman and Lena
Write an essay in which you critically discuss how Boesman and Lena respond to and or cope with predicament of being...
Boesman and Lena are mixed-race itinerants who nomadically roam the Eastern Cape looking for work and temporary housing. Why not begin your essay by exploring the theme of displacement or diaspora?...
Boesman and Lena
Why does Lena hate birds?
Boesman and Lena are forced to wander from place to place after their home has been bulldozed—a common practice in apartheid-era South Africa. Their enforced wanderings constitute a parody of the...
Boesman and Lena
Describe Lena dressing in the book
The first thing we learn about Lena is that she is homeless thanks to having been kicked out of their home by government authorities prior to the beginning of the story. She is a black South...
Boesman and Lena
What important realization does Lena come to at the end of the play?
By the end of the play Lena has come to the realization that she's a lot stronger than she always thought. This puts her in a position of relative strength with regards to Boesman, who'd previously...
Boesman and Lena
What do Boesman and Lena mean to each other?
Boesman and Lena (1969) follows a pattern which is typical of Fugard's plays such as The Blood Knot (1963) and Hello and Goodbye (1966). It explores the controversial and ambiguous relationship...