Question

How does the play end?

• A. Bartley survives and reunites with his mother
• B. Maurya curses the sea and blames the priest
• C. Bartley’s body is brought home, and Maurya accepts her fate
• D. Michael’s body is found and buried

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Bartley’s body is brought home, and Maurya accepts her fate

Maurya accepts that the sea has taken everything from her and ends with a resigned, stoic acceptance: “They are all gone now… and I am content.