BLOOD BROTHERSL.O: TO ANALYSE AND EVALUATE THE WRITER’S

PRESENTATION OF MOTHERS

LIST EVERYTHING YOU LEARN ABOUT EACH WOMAN SUPPORTED WITH EVIDENCE (A01)

Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons• Mrs Johnstone uses colloquial

language – ‘Yeh’ Speaks in Standard English – Standard English is used throughout the whole conversation.

WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING YOU CAN REMEMBER ABOUT MRS LYONS…

Willy Russell uses 3 main techniques to create characters.

Stage Directions

Dialogue Action

•How are the two mothers presented in this extract?

•Who do we, as the audience, sympathise with and why?

•Think about:

• Length/ form of speech e.g. Sentence length/ interogative/ declarative statements

•Use of pauses/ ellipses (…)

•Stage directions (how they present actions AND emotions)

•Challenge:

•Can you identify any of the 4 syntactical functions (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory) in this extract? What do they suggest about each of the characters?

Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons• What form do a lot of Mrs

Johnstone’s lines take? What does this suggest about how Mrs Johnstone feels at this stage in the extract?

• Can you find any examples of Mrs Johnstone sounding uneasy/ uncertain?

• What do the stage directions tell us about Mrs Johnstone’s control over the situation/ how she feels about the pact?

• Mrs Lyons has more dialogue in this extract than Mrs Johnstone- what do you think that suggests about the two women?

• How does Mrs Lyons persuade Mrs Johnstone to agree to the pact?

• What is the significance of Mrs Lyons using the bible?

WHO DO WE, AS THE AUDIENCE, SYMPATHISE WITH AND WHY?

Point

In this extract the character that Russell appears to sympathise with most intensely is…

Evidence

Quotations/ stage directions that support this characterisation

Explanation

How are Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone are presented in this extract of the play?

Who do you feel most sympathy towards in this extract?

Analysis

Discuss the SPECIFC parts of the quotation e.g. stage directions/ syntactical functions- how does this effect the presentation of your chosen character?

Evaluation

Why has Russell appeared to side with this character and why?

Analyse the impact of this scene on the on the audience- how do WE feel about each of the characters at this stage and why?