Love must consist of not only strong emotions but beliefs, commitment, trust and loyalty. Nowra also uses dialogue to contrast characters and highlight to the audience that they are people worthy of viewing in a play.
When the lights go out, the viewer can only guess that Lucy's life is in danger. There are various morals displayed in the drama. Firstly, it represents Lewis entering into a new world- very different from his own.
Through the play Cosi, the audience witnesses the lives of mentally ill people unfold before them. Colloquial language, slapstick and running jokes such as Go burn a cat combine to construct a language that allows audiences to be involved within the play and receive Nowras messages in a form that they can relate to.
Doug is an intimidating, loud and manipulative escaped pyromaniac from the asylum.
Her kiss with him in the dark marks the full transition of Lewis. Lewis, a young and naive graduate who freshly took up the job of being the director for this play of mental patients replies by suggesting, Love is not so important nowadays, and Roy questions him if he is from another planet.
Nowra takes on the persona of his characters as he discusses his beliefs and though the drama may be fiction, it is a semi-autobiographical play which discusses important issues. Through the farce and comedy of Cosi, there are controversial messages which are deeply significant to modern audiences.
The use of two contrasting acts displays the transformation of many significant characters and invites the audience to the concept of transformation of the individual. Central characters Lewis, Doug and Julie each show and express a different view upon the world and work towards their own idea of reality.
From the very beginning of the play, Roy, a mental patient suggests that they should perform Cosi fan tutte, a play centralised on love and fidelity.