A taste Of Honey Flashcards
What is the meaning of Atypical ? - Use it in a sentence
Not typical for that time .
What is the meaning of Contentious ? Use it in a sentence
Argumentative
Promiscuous Use it in a sentence
Someone who is sexually active
Self Sufficent - Use it in a sentence
Soemone who is independent
Dependent - Use it in a sentence
Relient on something else
Stoic - Use in a sentence
Puts up with things without complaining .
EXAM QUESTION - How are Helen and Jo presented in the opening of the play ?
Refer to book for mark scheme
When and where was Shelagh Delaney born ?
November 25 1939 in Salford Lancashire
What did Shelagh Delaney parents do
dad bus inspector
mum - part of the enflish working class .
what secondary schoo did she attend
broughton secondary schol
what age was delnaey when a taste of honeyw as produced
when she was 18 years old
why was a taste of honey rewritten as a play
as a respone to delnay’s dissatification with contempoary theatre . She said she would write a plwy that had more relaistic dialogue rather than a play that is staged .
what was the play taste of honeuy singled out for
its accurate depicitions of working class lives
what is absurd drama
drama that is meaningless and mainstream about the upper class postw ar
what is social drama (link to taste of honey )
social drama is oftn concwrned with working class nd younge genertion . It was very controversial doe the time thatdelnaey chose a female protoganist who has a homosexual friend and an interracial relationship .
what is anrgy young men
a title given to a grup of british writes -John Osborne whose work expressed bitterness and disillusionment postwar english society . Usully have an atihero - who rebels against corrupt social odreer .
angry young men - link toshelagh delaney
many critics saw her work as a protest agains workign class poevr and social conditons of her time .
what is kithcen sink theatre ?
kithcen sink theatre is a movement in theatre which uses family and domestic setting in order to examine soicla and class issues .
why is tatse of honey a ktichen sink theatre
it is reffered to as a kithcne isnk drama because it portays lives of working class people living in deprived inner city environemtns truggling to overcome perosnal an dpractical problems .
culture in 1950s and 60s
after dicciulties in rationing and shortages , britians economy ystarted doing very well which had an ephasis on oyuth and outh culture ,
Morality in olate 50s and earlky 60s
cult of youth - recognition of the teenager in consumerism.
Young people suddenly had more power .
Fashion and msuic became important .
Contraception became avaialbele in the 60s
rise and influence in televesio
1957 wolfenden report 195 recommended homosexuality should not be a criminal offfenc - indcates change in oubliv opinion
Love + Marriage How does Shelagh Delanely present it
delagney describes marriage as prision where we women re trapped , when Helen is trying to deter Jo from marriage , it is revealed tht there is an ideal type of wife in society “what sory of wife do ou think you make”, and once your married , you are devotg your life to your husband , She also suggests that arriage is not an ejoyben t but”Marriage cn be hell for a kid “
IN HELENS shoes , she is marrying Peter for practical reasons more than out of love . He can offer her financial stability “he spends his money like water” and therefore Helen must satisfy all his desires to be able to depend on him . Suggesting marriage is not always out of love .
How does Delaney present women in the 1950s
Delaney presennt women in the 1950s as being objectfied and having an ‘expiry date’ , if you are gonna bo cme a wife , you have to fufill the exoectations of not only society , but oyur husband aas well .
This is further prreented when Helen talks about how being moral will not get you anywhere , although in religion she may be seen as a disgrace , Hellen suggetss that “Heaven must be a hell of a place “ “full of pimps prostitutes and politcians” showing a subversion of heaven hell and in the end it is what socioety believe not religion .
How does Shelagh Delaney present death in taste of honey
Shelagh delaney presents darkness in the play by usrrounding the flat Helen and Jo live in surrounded by dark and death in a form of a slaughter hosu . Peter describes the place as “a black hole caluctta” which is reference to the dungeons where prisoners of britian were held . A black hole is full of darkness - something Jo is scared of of .
On the other hands , Helen is very realsitic about death ;”thats where we all end p sooner o later” and that we are all “drunk divers” suggestng that we have little control of our own lives .
