Tsotsi

Introduction + Context

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12

Themes

All Themes Apartheid and Racism Parents and Children Identity and Memory Hatred, Sympathy, and God Habit vs. Choice

Characters

All Characters Tsotsi (David) The Baby Boston Miriam Ngidi Morris Tshabalala Die Aap Butcher Isaiah David’s Mother (Tondi) Elderly Woman Gumboot Dhlamini Rev. Henry Ransome Marty Soekie Petah Miss Marriot Cassim

Terms

All Terms Apartheid Shebeen Township

Symbols

All Symbols Tsotsi’s Knife Yellow Dog

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone

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Tsotsi

by Athol Fugard

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12

All Themes
Apartheid and Racism
Parents and Children
Identity and Memory
Hatred, Sympathy, and God
Habit vs. Choice

All Characters
Tsotsi (David)
The Baby
Boston
Miriam Ngidi
Morris Tshabalala
Die Aap
Butcher
Isaiah
David’s Mother (Tondi)
Elderly Woman
Gumboot Dhlamini
Rev. Henry Ransome
Marty
Soekie
Petah
Miss Marriot
Cassim

All Terms
Apartheid
Shebeen
Township

All Symbols
Tsotsi’s Knife
Yellow Dog

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Paradox
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone

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