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- Naturally maternal character, embracing new life and being a caring person.
- Rash decision on impulse. For example, she buys lots of items from a catalogue on credit despite knowing she probably won’t be able to pay for them later.
- Strong, generous character knowing almost instinctively what’s right and wrong,
- Largely unselfish because she is shown only to have concern for the child, foreseeing a more comfortable life for him.
- Naturally a kind and loving mother
- Hard to discipline her children and keep them under control.
- lively and has a zest for life. This can be clearly seen in her love of dancing, but also in her general attitude,
- Happy-go-lucky, follows her instincts.
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- At the start of the play she is working for Mrs Lyons, she finds that she is having twins.
- At first she refuses Mrs Lyons attempts to bribe her but she agrees under extreme pressure.
- She is dismissed, she disapproves of Mickey & Eddie's friendship, and she gives Eddie the locket before he goes.
- She rejoices due to the fact that she is being re-housed.
- She jokes about Sammy getting suspended from school for burning the school down and blames it on the school "silly gets play with magnesium"
- Later on when Mickey & Eddie meet again she doesn't stop them from becoming friends.
- When Mickey goes to jail she convinces herself that it is only a light romance between Eddie & Linda.
- Just before they die she tells them the truth.
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- 25 years old at the start of the play and has already had seven children.
- Refuses Mrs Lyons’ attempts to bribe her showing that she values people above money
- Does agree under extreme pressure to give Mrs Lyons one of her children.
- Superstitious "shoes on the table" sign of bad luck.
- lacks concern for the education of her children, taking little interest when Mickey & Sammy are suspended from school.
- She does not really concern herself with causes or explanations of the events in her life, instead accepting them as they happen.
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- Religious rulings against contraception?
- Circumstances make it hard for her to be a straightforwardly ‘good’ person.
- When Sammy burns the school down instead of scolding him she casually jokes that it was the school’s fault for letting ‘the silly gets play with magnesium’.
- Uneducated and does not value intellectual or academic pursuits.
- Poor & trapped by poverty. This makes it very difficult for her to care for her children and is ultimately the reason that she gives Edward away to Mrs Lyons.
- Sacrifice any youthful enjoyment for the life she has.
- Superstition: 'If either twin finds out that he was once a pair they will both immediately die' Mrs Lyons to Mrs Johnstone.
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