Golden Gun
Tom is after Uday Hussein's golden gun. It is a symbol of wealth, which can provide Tom with a whole new life back home in the United States. However, it is also a symbol of the death and destruction that came at the expense of this great wealth and power through the Hussein family and it carries through into Tom.
The Garden
The Tiger and Musa are the final characters on stage in the play. They are in the garden of topiary. The garden is a symbol of the creation of man. Musa is left to wonder how the response of creation by God is a world so full of death and destruction, and the animal is left not knowing who God is as it seeks to adorn Musa as a deity.
Arm
Kev cuts off his arm in order to get rid of the ghost of the tiger that haunts him. This act is a symbol of the belief that their must be penance done in order to absolve oneself of the haunting effects of war, which is not the truth and Kev loses his life.
Toilet Seat
A golden toilet seat is a second crown jewel that Tom and Kev are seeking to find in the Hussein palace. It is a symbol of the great wealth of the family, and the great waste it was put to as it adorned the rim of a toilet which its sole purpose is to remove bodily waste. It represents the lack of respect and humility for the people.
Leper
Tom and Musa come upon a leper, the only survivor of a bombing. This is a symbol that in the wake of war all that is left behind is death and disease which draws us further back into darker ages of the world.
