Question

theme of the play "the new hangman "​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The main theme of the play is the evil of death sentence. It tells us that it is immoral to hang a person. ... The hangman feels that hanging a man is a murder in cold blood.

Answer 2

Answer:

The play's principal topic is the evil of the death penalty. It teaches us that hanging someone is wrong. According to the hangman, hanging a man is cold-blooded murder.

Explanation:

Theme/message

• The theme of this play is that capital punishment should be abolished. The author is strongly opposed to capital punishment. He considers it to be something like a murder.
• He believes that the judgment against a criminal might not be the right one. The hangman says that the last time he assisted a hangman and they hanged a man who, he believed, was innocent. The others did not. But if the jury had been made to come and see their verdict carried out, they would have realized that the truth shows clearer on the drop sometimes than in the witness box. If it was part of the law that judges and juries must be in at the death, there would be more acquittals. By refusing to hang the criminal, he saves a life. He registers a strong protest against capital punishment. He is the mouthpiece of the author. The writer speaks about his inner feelings against capital punishment through the hangman.
• The play's central message is that the death penalty should be eliminated. The author is vehemently opposed to the death penalty. He views it as being almost akin to murder.

conclusion:

In this drama, an unlikely hero—the new hangman—refuses to do his fair share of work during a criminal's execution. His rebellion is against the unfairness of imposing such a horrible obligation on another human being and the inhumanity of murdering a man in cold blood.