Elements of the Play

• tragicomedy,
• frame narrative,
•  comedic aspect,
• dialect speech

Setting

Trinidad, Trinidad Creole culture, story takes place in the rainforest of the Trinidad, animals are telling the stories

Singing

• Gros Jon sang when he left home
• Mi Jean sang the song of silence
• Ti Jean sang when he was comparing himself to David and Goliath 
• The devil sings when he eats the human flesh and there is an explosion every time he does this