Important Aspect Of Love In The Play 'Valley Song'

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EED202K Assignment 2: Unique number 327435 Question 2: Valley Song One of the lessons of this play is that a painful but important aspect of love is the necessity to allow the beloved to make his/her own decisions even if this causes sadness and fear. Do you agree? In an essay discussing the play, show how the characters in the play grapple with this issue. I agree completely with this statement. The main and most important theme or lesson in this play is allowing those that you love the most the freedom and choice to make their own decisions, even if this causes sadness to those involved. In the play, Veronica and her oupa, Buks, only have each other. Veronicas mother (Buks’ daughter) as well as Veronicas Ouma (Buks’ wife) have both passed away. In Oupa’s eyes, Veronica’s mother died due to…show more content…
VERONICA: No. Alfred’s a bangbroek. …….. VERONICA: no he won’t. If he dreams properly he’ll get it.’ These big dreams she has about singing for a living lead her to sing for the ‘white people’ in return for money so that she can pay for her train ticket to Johannesburg, and to writing the letter to Priscilla so that she could confirm that she had a plan and a place to stay when eventually revealing it to her Oupa. This is very different in comparison to what her mom did, by taking her father’s money and running off with a boyfriend and eventually having Veronica, but her Oupa sees it as the same thing and feels as if he has done something wrong in his life to deserve so much heart ache- ‘BUKS: ……..Now you listen to me carefully Veronica. Don’t let me ever catch you begging money from the white people again. And you can also forget all about Johannesburg. This family has already got one grave up there. There won’t be another one. Whatever you might think, you are still a child and I am your Oupa. If you try to run away I’ll have the police after you. I mean it. And I’ll tell them to lock you up until you come to your
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