g continents. There are two Acts in the play, 'The Hunt' and 'The Kill' with each act divided into twelve sections merely for reference, it is not meant to represent pauses or breaks in the action.
             The play starts out with Pizarro seeking volunteers for his expedition to find gold, this scene is set in Trujillo, Spain, but the action then switches to Panama where the members are being blessed before their journey to Peru. Shaffer uses sounds, noises and lighting for great insight into what is happening at particular moments in the play as we see in the second scene when the lights are whiter, colder. There is organ sounds and simple music with Spanish celebrations. This is when all the villagers come in wearing white cloaks of chivalry and carrying banners.
             The movements of the characters are key as shown when Pizarro is furious. 'He falters, clutching his side in pain. A pause. The men whisper among themselves.' Shaffer uses these movements to depict the reality of the expressions and gestures in the context of what is happening.
             Shaffer contrasts the Spaniards in scene two to the Incas in scene three both visually and aurally, he does this with the use of sound and theatrical devices. When the Spaniards are first introduced, the lights are whiter, colder. An organ sounds and there is Spanish celebration. This is in contrast to the Incas in scene eight where the stage darkens and the huge symbolic medallion high on the back wall begins to glow and great cries of 'Inca' are heard. 'Slowly the medallion opens outwards to form a huge golden sun with twelve great rays. In the centre stands Atahuallpa, sovereign Inca of Peru, masked, crowned and dressed in gold.' Shaffer uses Atahuallpa and the medallion to symbolise the golden sun, the sun of god. Shaffer used this effect to enable Atahuallpa to appear godlike, he wants us to believe that Atahuallpa is a god and t...