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The dialogue of the Shadow Man in the prologue is very significant throughout the play. He forms a classroom scene with the help of the Shadow Chorus and teaches them a very valuable lesson of life: one that great men have failed to understand. He says:
"To own a piece of universe is to rule a slice of sky. A grain of sand at your command. Buy yourself a dream instead. Life is for living. Not for wishing for death."
This monologue is directed at those people who desire to destroy the world and become its prime leader. He is mocking them by saying that cutting up a slice of sky and appointing it to different people is impossible. Same is the case with this wild desire of man. One may be able to own land, but you can never own people's perspective about you. He is simply scornful about the way people waste their entire lives wishing for the destruction of others and is advising them to "live it a fantasy..." rather than trying to wish for the death of others. He seems to be a strong believer of the fact that people should live and let live. This dialogue is vaguely shown at many instances in the play while Swindells shows the condition of people at that time just due to one nuclear explosion.
