In this short scene, the audience is introduced to a number of characters who will play important roles in the future of the play. First, we are introduced to Leviathan, who tells the audience that he is not fit to play the role of a soldier. He tells them that he has seen too many abnormal situations in his life and that he would rather die than face an emergency. He then shows them the orders he has received from the commander for the execution of the plan. The day that the soldiers are to hand over the captured men to the first squad of the military police is to be the date of the execution. The audience is then introduced to the characters who are to play important parts in the play: the queen, the soldier, the doctor, and the nurse. The first two characters are introduced, and we are told that they are very different from the characters we met earlier.