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In the Theatre by Daniel Abse
In the Theatre by Daniel Abse
The title refers to an operating theatre and is based on a real life experience that Abse's brother, Wilfred, remembers well. His brother was working as a dresser for the surgeon, the surgeon kills the patient on the operating table as he tries to search for a brain tumour.
Death and mortality
'Something other died'-This suggest that not only has the physical body died, the soul has been lost. It also could suggest something else in the room has been lost, the surgeons career, innocence and dignity.
Links: Ambulances, Nothing to be Said
Power and Responsibility Society regards medical professionals with great respect and admiration. However, when the event took place the surgical procedures would've been greatly flawed, such as 'the fingers of Lambert Rogers, rash as a blind man's. The surgeon is given a huge amount of power, he will cause the patient's eyes to 'flicker again and again' suggesting he even has power over the patients actions.
The patient cries out in a ventriloquist voice' which suggests that the patients voice isn't his own anymore, he is unable to be heard because he is being controlled by the surgeon. His body acts as the tool for his own voice which cannot be heard. The acknowledgement that the medical staff are being dishonest as they tell the patient what they would want to hear. “Small lies”, no matter how inconsequential, are still lies, enforcing the idea of a fake sense of security. The sister is 'thinking-Only two more on the list' which makes her seem uncaring, dishonest and selfish, enforcing the idea of a lack of security and protection, a place where you should be safe.
The title refers to an operating theatre and is based on a real life experience that Abse's brother, Wilfred, remembers well. His brother was working as a dresser for the surgeon, the surgeon kills the patient on the operating table as he tries to search for a brain tumour.
Death and mortality
'Something other died'-This suggest that not only has the physical body died, the soul has been lost. It also could suggest something else in the room has been lost, the surgeons career, innocence and dignity.
Links: Ambulances, Nothing to be Said
Power and Responsibility Society regards medical professionals with great respect and admiration. However, when the event took place the surgical procedures would've been greatly flawed, such as 'the fingers of Lambert Rogers, rash as a blind man's. The surgeon is given a huge amount of power, he will cause the patient's eyes to 'flicker again and again' suggesting he even has power over the patients actions.
The patient cries out in a ventriloquist voice' which suggests that the patients voice isn't his own anymore, he is unable to be heard because he is being controlled by the surgeon. His body acts as the tool for his own voice which cannot be heard. The acknowledgement that the medical staff are being dishonest as they tell the patient what they would want to hear. “Small lies”, no matter how inconsequential, are still lies, enforcing the idea of a fake sense of security. The sister is 'thinking-Only two more on the list' which makes her seem uncaring, dishonest and selfish, enforcing the idea of a lack of security and protection, a place where you should be safe.
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