The Play of Political and Individual Dynamics in George Ryga’s Seven Hours to Sundown

M Rajasekaran; T Jayakumar

M Rajasekaran Assistant Professor of English, M.I.E.T. Engineering College, Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu, India
T Jayakumar Associate Professor of English, Periyar EVR College (A), Tiruchi,Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords: Older Generation community Values, Younger Generation Social Value, Politicization of Individuals, Individualization of Politics

Abstract

George Ryga’s play Seven Hours to Sundown deals with the dynamics which operates at the level of anindividual and at thepolitical level. It highlights how individuals with their innocent demands get miredinto the intrigues and play of power politics indulged in by the people at the administrative realms.The play shows the struggle waged by characters like Irma, Goyda andeven Kiosk the mayor innocently andbecome victims at the hands of political manipulators like Janice the newspaper correspondent, Dolan, thenewspaper proprietor and Tom Rossini the alderman on the other side. It shows how a simple demand ofGoyda becomesa matter of group politics.