BLOOD BROTHERS – ACT 2

L.O: TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE OPENING OF ACT 2

WITH THE START OF THE PLAY

STARTER•Listen to the song – Marilyn Monroe 2

•How does the mood and atmosphere at the start of Act 2 contrast with the mood and atmosphere at the beginning of the play? •Why has Russell created this contrast?

5 minutes

MARILYN MONROE 2•Annotate the song.Language – word types and devicesForm (sentence types and moods, rhyme scheme)

Find examples which contrast with the first version of this song at the beginning of Act One.

10 minutes

CONTRAST• Immediately after Mrs Johnstone sings positively about her life the audience switches

attention to Mrs Lyons and Edward. Compare and contrast what we learn about the relationships between the two sets of mothers and their sons in these scenes.

Extension: Answer the following questions:What is the significance of this? What is Russell showing

the audience?

REVIEW

•What do you notice about the two scenes with the mothers? Why is this contrast important? (Use quotations in your response)