The Anglo-Saxon poem known as The Dream of the Rood is a mirror image of the crucifixion. The Rood's Dream is unique in that it describes the crucifixion from the perspective of the Cross and within the framework of a dream. In comparison, The York Play of the Crucifixion discusses each step of the process of attaching Christ to the cross. The two representations of the crucifixion compare and contrast. The Rood's Dream There are three parts to the story: the Dreamer's account of his dream of the Cross, the Rood's monologue describing the Crucifixion, and the Dreamer's determination to pursue the salvation of the Cross. The story begins with the narrator remembering a vision he received in a dream, where he comes across the rood screen on which Christ was crucified. “Expect that I intend to tell you a wonderful dream which moved me at night when human voices are veiled in my sleep. In my dream I saw the most splendid tree. Standing in the air with the light around, the brightest beam. This shining tree was covered with gold; The gems gleamed quite fashioned to his foot, but five more stood. (Lines 1-8) In the lines above, when the narrator first introduces the rood screen, he refers to it as if it were an icon. Later, the rood screen (cross) will be presented as a being faithful to Christ. However, the light was created for a specific purpose: to show the sacredness of the tree. Accordingly, “still five stood” refers to the five wounds of Christ. The tree tells the story of the crucifixion to the dreamer. The reason the tree tells the story is for originality purposes. The tree is probably the most common religious symbol in the spirituality of humanity. Of biblical custom and many others, the...... middle of paper ......self. However, the words of Christ were not heeded by the soldiers, they were only concerned with possessing the mantle of Christ. The role of the audience in the play is partly linked to “All men that walk in the way or in the street”; it simply indicates the relationship that Christians must reflect on between their daily work and their religious work. After briefly reviewing the main ideas of The Dream of the Rood and the York Theater of the Crucifixion, we have arrived at the hypothesis that there are many similarities and differences between the two texts. The two texts are very different and therefore bear no similarity. One of the major differences is how Christ himself is depicted in the texts. In The Rood's Dream, Christ is depicted as a warrior in a battle while in The York Play of the Crucifixion, Christ is depicted as a traitor and has no heroic qualities..