Subtext of Play
The play expresses the pain in loss of war. When the late father Atsumori, describes his son, he talks about him with such joy. He uses simele to compare his son to a flower. He compares his son to an earthly object in order to allow audiences to feel privileged that they lived in a generation in which they could feel grateful that they weren't in war.
The play also goes on to detail Atsumori's decent, after being briefly reconnected with his son, back into the realm of Shuma, a realm of constant battle. This further warns against the consequence and sadness of war.
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