Dutchman

by Amiri Baraka

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Dutchman Questions and Answers

To what does the title of Dutchman refer?

What is the moral of the play Dutchman?

What do the white and black passengers on the train symbolize (besides society) in Baraka's play Dutchman?  

What is the "Flying Dutchman Syndrome" and what does it represent in the play The Dutchman?  

Why is it called 'Dutchman'?

What is the genre of "Dutchman"?

What do you think is the key message of Dutchman by Leroi Jones/Amiri Baraka?

Discuss conflict and characterization in the play Dutchman.

What does the Lula symbolize in Dutchman?  

What does Baraka have to say about white women in his play Dutchman?

Why does Lula continually use stereotypes when talking to Clay in Dutchman?  

How is Dutchman by Amiri Baraka a political piece of drama?

What is your impression of Dutchman by Amiri Baraka?

What does Clay say is the purpose of art in Dutchman?

What is the best way to develop this prompt? In the play Dutchman, how and why does LeRoi Jones articulate the historical problem of double consciousness among African-Americans, and how does his problem of double-consciousness inform the idea of self-consciousness brought up in the play? Does Jones’ play resolve this problem or not?

How would you analyze the section of Dutchman that is marked in purple in the attached image?

Discus Baraka’s Dutchman as a kind of drama that it might be.