Does Reality Really Matter in Cosi?

Louis Nowra’s play cosi   is forced around the delusion of the “insane” patients of the 1970’s mental institution. Nowra forces us to determine that reality does not matter in cosi but in fact creates a illusion that this fantasy in fact reality for both ‘sane’ and ‘insane’ characters. Nowra demonstrates this through the creation of the cosi play where he forces the audience to examine the nature of reality. He explores the reality through the insane characters showing the readers that the reality does not matter for the patients but helps them escape and cope with the reality and lastly Nowra demonstrates that reality is unique for every person and often people slip into illusions in order to avoid the truth.

The creation of the Cosi play is not real but rather an illusion where Nowra forces us to examine the nature of reality.   He portrays this through the work of the ‘sane” character Lewis, where lewis a ‘confused’ and “uncomfortable” university student and director enters a place where reality is perplexed while working with the ‘mad’ he starts to find his identity and what is really important in society. He becomes emotionally involved and to value the meaning of love and fidelity   and   the importance of friendship.   As readers we see the value of friendship grow in lewis where he becomes loyal and respectful towards the patients when he decided not to got to the moratorium with his disloyal friends nick and lucy, but to stay with his patients   since “they really need him” for the production of the “cosi fun tutte” play.   As a result Nowra positions the readers and Lewis that working in a place where illusions are seem to be “normal” or natural   we as readers   and Lewis soon discovers that” they are in many ways ordinary people that can do extrandary things” Nowra creates this understanding of value of friendship and love and fidelity to position the audience for the todays society to be more understanding of what is important in life and that no matter...