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The play also tells the story of Sizwe Bansi, a man condemned by his government to a life of poverty. Styles pursues his talent with a camera in order to preserve the faces and identities of his people, who would otherwise be forgotten by the rest of the world. 'Sizwe Bansi is Dead' tells the story of Styles, an intelligent, capable, and talented man who leaves his job as a factory worker to follow his dream of owning a photography studio.

Memory, imagination, and the transformative power of performance.

Freedom – bodily freedom, freedom of conscience and freedom of the mind.

The literal translation for Hodoshe is 'carrion fly' (as mentioned in the play), a large green fly. He is a symbol of the apartheid state and racist rule.

Hodoshe, an unseen character: he is referred to and represented by the sound of a prison whistle.

This was a serious crime, as the passbook was used to segregate and control the South African people.

Winston, we find out later was imprisoned for burning his passbook in front of the police.

John has been imprisoned for belonging to a banned organization.

The final image is of John and Winston, chained together once more, running hard as the siren wails.

I go now to my living death, because I honored those things to which honor belongs'. After John-as-Creon sentences Winston-as-Antigone to be walled up in a cave for having defied him and done her duty towards her dead brother, Winston pulls off Antigone's wig and yells 'Gods of Our Fathers! My Land! My Home! Time waits no longer.

The final scene is their performance of Antigone.