What is the signiificance of Synge's title, The play boy of the western world.

At the end of the play, Pegeen bemoans the loss of her
paramour by saying "I've lost him surely! I've lost the only playboy of the Western
World!" In saying this she seems to believe her situation is unique and she is the only
woman who has ever suffered such a loss. Since she lives in a remote and rural area this
may make sense for her. But the irony of the title is that such a situation is very
common, indeed universal. These characters, their feelings, thoughts and suffering are
part of the universal human experience, and to set any of them apart as unique is
commentary upon the potency of such emotions as felt by individuals, and upon the role
of drama and literature in expressing these universal emotions in new and memorable
ways.