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Character Study for Owen from Brian Friel's Translations
Character Study for Owen from Brian Friel's Translations. All Acts and Themes
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Owen: Act 1Page Speaker Quote Analysis Theme
26 Stage Direction “Owen is the younger son, a handsome, attractive young man in his twenties. He -Physically strong (compared to Manus) LIC, P
is dressed smartly – a city man.
26 Stage Direction His manner is easy charming: everything he does is invested with consideration -Successful doer
and enthusiasm. -People pleaser, good talker
-Planning and charismatic
26 Stage Direction He now stands framed in the doorway, a travelling bag across his shoulder.” -highlighted as in-between the inside and outside world
- Prop- traveller, movement
26 Stage Direction “He embraces Hugh warmly and genuinely…Hugh’s eyes are moist- partly joy, -loving relationship that’s different to that with Manus
partly from the drink.” -Genuine love and affection
28 Owen “God Almighty, would you listen to them- taking a hand at me.” -Fake humility
-Very successful unlike Manus
30 Owen “I’m Owen-Owen Hugh Mor.” -Strong link to father, importance of names LIC
30 Owen “Me a soldier? I’m employed as a part-time, underpaid, civilian -underplays role P, CC
interpreter. My job is to translate the quaint archaic tongue you people -rejects Irish identity- Roland
persist in speaking into the King’s good English.” -self pitying
36 Owen “Did I make a mess of it?... ‘Uncertainty in meaning is incipient poetry,’- -Inaccurate biased translation LCM
who said that?” -Division created through language
-plays it off
37 Owen “Owen- Roland- what the hell. It’s only a name.” -disregard of past LCM, LIC
-callous approach especially in job
37 Stage direction “The go-between” Ambivalent allegiance P
Owen: Act 2
Page Speaker Quote Analysis Theme
38 Stage “He is totally engrossed in his task which he pursues with great energy and -Full commitment to English and belief in task
Direction efficiency.”
40 Owen “What about Burnfoot?” -blunt suggestion with no thought for heritage or culture LIC, LCM
42 Manus “I understand the Lancey’s perfectly but people like you puzzle me.” LIC, P
42 Owen “Can’t you speak English before your man?” -Respect for colonist LIC
-Societal invasion
45 Owen “For God’s sake! The first hot summer in fifty years and you think its -Cynical LIC
Eden.” -conflict of identity
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