the descriptive introductory stage direction providing the setting and introducing the characters.

the introduction of the figure of the Old Man, whose monologue, along with the following stage direction, raises audience’s awareness of the fictional nature of theatrical representation.

the introductory stage direction focusing on production elements (stage arrangement, lighting, musical instruments, and the location of masked players) intended to emphasize division between audience and stage.

the Old Man, the Young Man (Cuchulain), and the Hawk-Woman

None of these.

Cuchulain, Aoife, the Blind Man, and Emer

Cuchulain and Conchubar, the Fool and the Blind Man

three-time moving round the circle of the heads of those that had wounded Cuchulain.

unfolding and folding the black cloth signifying the well.

binding Cuchulain’s strength as warrior to strengthen Conchubar’s authority (this ritualistic ceremony is presided over by three women).

the Street-Singer's song referring to mythical heroes, historical figures and cultural realia of Ireland.

the Blind Man being indifferent to Cuchulain's grief and making the Fool steal some food for them.

the lyrics sung by three Musicians as they ceremoniously unfold and fold up the cloth.

Yeats uses no Musicians.

to provide a music accompaniment which serves a pause between scenes.

to set up the scene, the theme, and the tone of the play.

the conflict between the physical world of imposed social norms and material values and idealistic mode of existence, between political mediocrity and heroism, passion.

the split between the heroic and anti-heroic, between the world affirming the values of intense personality and humanity and the calculating world of reason.

the idea that a short heroic life is better than a long monotonous one.

The play has a fractured structure and combines myth, history, and present.

In this play, Yeats used shifts between prose and verse to display the interplay between different levels of reality.

The stylized dance in this play is performed by a representative of the supernatural world and represents the intermingling of two modes of existence.

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