Discuss the function and significance of Constance’s green ink and the eventual gold pen.

When Constance throws her green fountain pen into the wastebasket, she is tossing away her dream of deciphering the Gustav text. In the end, after being transported into the world of Shakespeare (presumably by the power of the manuscript), the pen has turned to gold, and in Act III, the Chorus ends the play with a brief monologue delivered in Constance's office, explaining that the ancient hieroglyphs of the Gustav Manuscript entered into Constance's unconscious mind and created a dreamy thought of drama around the preexisting knowledge garnered through her long studies of literature. Constance's subconscious mind has spun gray matter into gold.

"Constance Ledbelly's office at Queen's University; CONSTANCE finishes a telephone conversation. She is upset. She hangs up the phone, takes her green plumed fountain pen from behind her ear, and pitches it into the wastebasket. She then picks up a long and narrow, ancient leather-bound manuscript, pitches it in after the pen, and exits."

"CHORUS: The alchemy of ancient hieroglyphs
"has permeated the unconscious mind
"of Constance L. and manifested form,
"where there was once subconscious dreamy thought.
"The best of friends and foes exist within,
"where archetypal shadows come to light
"and doff their monster masks when we say 'boo'.
"Where mingling and unmingling opposites
"performs a wondrous feat of alchemy,
"and spins grey matter, into precious gold.