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SAM. (Reading from the history textbook) "Napoleon and the principle of equality." Hey! This sounds interesting. "After concluding peace with Britain in 1802, Napoleon used a brief period of calm to in-sti-tute…"
HALLY. Introduce.
SAM. "…many reforms. Napoleon regarded all people as equal before the law [. . .]." (469-476)
If you thought that Fugard just chose a random historical fact to have Sam read in the play, we'd like to invite you to think again. Check out the content: Napoleon declaring everyone equal means the end of competition between classes, or races—at least, in a perfect world. Hally learns about equality when it comes to Napoleon, but doesn't seem to notice the inequality in his own world.