Cosi Escape Reality Analysis

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“Each patient in Cosi has their own way of escaping reality” Discuss. “I can’t stand real things. If I could put up with reality I wouldn’t be in here.” Reality is a key theme explored throughout Louis Nowra’s play “Cosi”, due to the play being set in an asylum, where each characters reality depends on both their past experiences and their illness. The theme of reality is captured in many different ways, particularly through looking at how each character has their own way of escaping reality. As Lewis directs the play “Cosi Fan Tutte”, it allows many characters, such as Roy and Julie to escape the reality of living in an asylum. Similarly, Julie and Zac also turn to drugs in order to escape their reality. By Lewis directing the play, he is given the chance to escape the reality of “normal” and see life from others perspectives. Throughout Nowra’s play “Cosi”, reality is a key…show more content…
Throughout majority of the play, the audience does not hear much from Zac as he always seems to be “out cold” due to his addiction, and although this is the main reason as to why Zac is in the asylum, it becomes evident that drugs is the only thing that allows Zac to escape reality. The quote made by Zac, “I can’t stand real things. If I could put up with reality I wouldn’t be in here” sums up to the audience that Zac cannot live a life without being high, that drugs are what keeps him going. Throughout majority of Act two, Zac becomes more of a focus as the nurses begin lower his dosage. Zac admits that he is beginning to feel things due to the lower dosage, although this then results in him becoming a sex addict. Zac begins to display to the audience that he needs something to take his focus off reality, and when he has little access to the drugs he depends so highly on, he turns to sex. Zac is a clear example of how each patient has their own way of escaping reality in

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