Character Cards Flashcards
Mrs Johnstone Main character traits
-Superstitious
-Loving
-Hardworking
-Optimistic
-Religeous
Quotes to show Mrs Johnstone is presented as hardworking/poor?
'’by the time I was 25 I looked 42’’
‘‘if I have the baby at the weekend I wont need any time off’’
Stage Directions: mop+bucket
Quotes to show Mrs Johnstone presented as loving
'’I love the bones of every one of em’’
[song, my child]
Quotes to show Mrs Johnstone is guilty for being poor
'’you’ve not had much of a life have y’’
How is Mrs Johnstone presented as superstitious?
'’Shoes on the table’’
How is Mrs Johnstone religious
When giving her son away she was made to swear on the bible by Mrs Lyons.
Mrs Lyons main character traits
-Manipulative/Persuasive
-Later becomes superstitious
-Wealthy but unhappy
-Paranoid
-Desperate
How is mrs lyons presented as paranoid?
'’you followed me’’
‘‘mad woman’’
How is Mrs Lyons presented as desperate?
-She ‘dreamed’ of having a baby
-Getting the baby; commands
‘‘you wont tell anyone.’’
‘‘give one to me’’
-Desperately trying to be a good mother
-Tries to stab Mrs Johnstone
How is Mrs Lyons superstitious?
- '’shoes on the table’’ initially uses this against Mrs J ‘‘they’ll die’’
‘‘if either twin learns that he was once a pair, they shall both immediately die.’’
How is Mrs Lyons manipulative?
- Made Mrs L swear on the bible
- '’they’ll be put into care’’
Narrator main character traits
-Judgemental
-Threatening
-Menacing
How is the narrator Judgemental?
Judges Mrs J’s choices
‘‘Did y’never hear of the mother, so cruel’’
‘‘a stone in place of her heart’’
How is the narrator threatening?
Using foreshadowing and tension ‘They’re gonna take your baby away’’
How is the narrator menacing?
-Omniscient = willy Russel/ god/ society’s view =inner morals
-‘‘Devils got your number’’ = repeated to remind of consequences.
- ‘devil’ gets closer throughout the play
The key Narrator quote
epilogue; ‘‘So do we blame superstition for what came to pass, or is this what we, the English, have come to know as class?’’
Sammy main character traits
=Stereotypical lower class youth in 1980s
-Influential] bad influence
-manipulative
-selfish
-Lazy
-Trouble starter
How is sammy a bad influence?
-Gun motif
- ‘‘i wish i was our sammy’’
How is sammy manipulative?
'’what have y got’’
- tempting mickey
How is sammy selfish?
- sammy uses mickey for crime then leaves him to get arsted when the cops show up
’’ sammy splits out the back. mickey remains crying.’’
How is Sammy a victim of circumstances?
'’do we blame…come to know as class’’
-His lack of education and opportunities
How is sammy lazy?
-Makes little effort to try and get a job/live a crime free life
Linda main character traits
-stubborn
-determined
-flirtatious
-boistrous
-loving
how is linda boistrous?
-sticks up for mickey ‘‘leave him alone you big worm’’
How is linda flirtatious?
'’i love you mickey’’
‘‘im stuck’’
