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In Lady Gregory's The Rising of the Moon, the character of the Sergeant begins the action as an already transformed man. He was once loyal to his home country, Ireland. As he grew older, however, the lure of money and good living brought him to his profession of Sergeant and his loyalty to England. It is with the Sergeant in this position that the play begins. The central conflict then occurs within the Sergeant, who is ultimately transformed to let his former ideals overrule his loyalty to English law.
The ragged man, who is the protagonist of the play, makes his appearance as the Sergeant waits alone to make the arrest. According to Saddlemyer (94) the freedom fighter and criminal represents the Sergeant's "antithetical self." In other words, the ragged man reminds the Sergeant of the importance of all the ideals that he has betrayed. Apparently these ideals are still strongly enough embedded in the policeman to override the alternative loyalties to money and the protection of England. Thus, the Sergeant experiences a transformation once again -- he returns to his former loyalty to Ireland and lets the ragged man escape.
It is clear from the beginning of the play that the Sergeant intends to capture the criminal. However, the transformation towards English loyalty is not sufficiently strong to entirely remove the Sergeant's former patriotism. Listening to the ragged man's arguments therefore easily changes the Sergeant's original intentions and values back to what they had been before.
The moon is then symbolic not only of the new Ireland (Saddlemyer, 88), but also of the "new" Sergeant. The moon that rises is also symbolic of the removal of darkness. The Sergeant in his initial transformation has succumbed to the dark...
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