The location of the act is the island of Zakynthos and the time is the year of 1826 (when the Turks besiege Mesologgi). The narrator is a monk, a simple man who respects God that watches speechless everything that is happening around him and sees didactic visions. The tone of his voice is biblical (reminding of the word of the Apocalypse) and his narration is often allegoric. The play is composed by two interconnected themes: the cruel and immoral behavior of the Woman and the hard life of women in Mesologgi, who experience the refugee life and the begging on the island that they went in order to save themselves from the Turks. The Monk Dionysius describes with unconcealed aversion the character of the Woman of Zakythos and stigmatizes the way she treats the women from Mesologgi. He speaks about her vicious soul and her abysmal hatred against the Revolution.