Blood Brothers
- Created by: maisieswash
- Created on: 26-01-18 18:36
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- Blood Brothers
- Charecters
- Mrs Johnstone
- poor-"if i'm careful we can scrape by"
- Superstition- "never put shoes on the table"
- ellipses- "the shoes...the shoes..."
- loving- "she takes hm. cradles him letting him cry"
- optimistic- "Ey, we'll be alright out here, son"
- Mickey J
- symbolism- "toy gun"
- He is holding a toy gun when he is younger, this foreshadows the end of the play
- Mischievous -"Ooh i dear y', Linda"
- Accepting -"He's my best friend"
- context- Mickey is blamed for the stone throwing tihis shows that the la is against him.
- symbolism- "toy gun"
- Eddie L
- Confident -"Will you be my best friend"
- Polite- "hello, Mrs Johnstone. how are you?"
- Easy influenced -"You say smashing things"
- Structure - Edward is always trying to give mickey money, this reminds the audience that Mrs L tried to pay off Mrs J
- Linda
- Loyal -"Oh leave him alone you big worm"
- Protective -"I think i've got Mickey a job"
- Trapped -" there's a girl inside a woman"
- Narrator
- Threatening-"they're gonna take your baby away"
- Judgmental- "did y' never hear of the mother so cruel"
- Mysterious-"as the light begins to dim we see the narrator watching"
- Mrs Johnstone
- Themes
- Structure
- The play has a cyclical structure because it begins at the end.
- "The story of the johnstone twins" "Tell me its not true"
- The repetition emphasises that Mrs J greif would be inevitable.
- The play has a cyclical structure because it begins at the end.
- The repetition emphasises that Mrs J greif would be inevitable.
- motifs
- dancing
- The happiness of being young and free.
- Mickeys "mind's gone dancing"
- By using a motif that represents being happy, to describe mickeys depression. Russell makes it seem even worse.
- The happiness of being young and free.
- By using a motif that represents being happy, to describe mickeys depression. Russell makes it seem even worse.
- Guns
- Loss and innocence
- In there childhood guns are seen as fun toys
- "you can just get off the ground again...its all just a game"
- In adulthood guns are highly destructive.
- 3 people die
- Marilyn Monroe.
- represents happiness that doesn't last
- "Mrs J was lovelier than Marilyn Monroe"
- Her husband left her when she became "twice the size of Marilyn Monroe"
- dancing
- Charecters
- Maisie Swash
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