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Post by leiade116 on Jan 28, 2013 10:07:37 GMT -5
I was a little bit confused with the scene on the very last page of the play. I understand that he has a trumpet but I guess I just don't really understand what it symbolizes and whether or not the "gates of heaven" actually open. If anyone knows please comment!
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Post by sophiapa116 on Jan 28, 2013 18:50:35 GMT -5
Gabriel believes himself to be the trumpeter Gabriel who stands at heaven's gates. When the trumpet does not sound at Troy’s funeral, Gabriel finds another way to welcome his brother into heaven. His primal dance successfully opens the gates of heaven for Troy and Troy finally finds redemption. Gabriel's emotional howling during this dance could be interpreted as the pain of redeeming Troy or just as the expression of the physical loss of his brother.
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Post by josephst112 on Jan 31, 2013 19:20:33 GMT -5
I do not think that Troy was welcome in heaven but he was let in anyway. The trumpet doesn't blow at this one vital point in the play meanwhile it has been blown by Gabriel at many other points. It has worked perfectly until the one part in the play when it should have worked the best to actually let a deceased spirit into heaven. When it doesn't work Gabe does a weird kind of dance to eventually open the gates to heaven, but only about as wide as God's closet. A closet isn't very large and it cannot open very wide which signifies that Troy was barely let into heaven. I think he was let in on a pass because he knew that his sins were wrong, but otherwise he shouldn't have been let in because of all of the terrible things he did. That is what I took out of the final scene.
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Post by laurensc116 on Feb 4, 2013 22:54:07 GMT -5
Gabriel seems to believe that he has already died and been to heaven based on the role he believes he plays in heaven. Since he seems to believe this whole death and heaven experience not to be so bad, he lives and preaches to others that he can open the gates of heaven when they are ready to go. Although this is a strange theory and way of life, his final words were an excellent way to sum up the story by showing that everyone desires for Troy to go to heaven despite his actions to them. This can also be shown by Cory and Raynell singing Troy's dog song together, because they both hope that he is sent to "the good place" as the song states that his dog was.
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