Characters Personalities

Question 1

MICKEY (Age 7):

Personality

Answer 1

At age 7, Mickey is sensitive, playful and mischievous. He is one of the Johnstone twins, who are both unaware of the other’s existence until they meet; they were separated at birth. Mickey is apart of the working class and feels safe and protected by Mrs Johnstone, his mother. Since he is apart of the working class, and he is male, he is expected to start working at quite an early age in order to earn money for his family

Question 2

MICKEY (Age 14):

Personality

Answer 2

Mickey begins to act more teenage-like, so he starts to be a bit rebellious than when he was 7, taking more risks. He has a crush on Linda, and she has a big one on him as well, but is too scared to tell her how he feels towards her. When he meets Eddie again, the two grow closer and still stay unaware of the class difference between them, working and middle class

Question 3

MICKEY (Age 18)

Personality

Answer 3

Mickey begins to understand the difference between the class differences, and which class he is apart of. He marries Linda and the three remain friends just like they were a few years back. When Eddie leaves for university, he falls out with him and the two become distant once again as he feels like they are no longer blood brothers. Since Mickey lost his job at the factory he worked at, he has no money and turns to a life of crime with Sammy, which ends with him in prison and leaving Linda by herself

Question 4

MICKEY (Age mid 20s):

Personality

Answer 4

Whilst spending time in prison, Mickey becomes angry and upset with himself since he made a stupid decision and now he can’t support or be with Linda and their unborn child. He starts to take depression pills. When he is released, Linda tries to go back to normal, but Mickey is like a completely different person and the two end up arguing. When Mrs L tells Mickey that Linda and Eddie are having an affair, Mickey gets furious and goes to shoot Eddie. This is when he learns that he is related to Eddie

Question 5

EDDIE (Age 7):

Personality

Answer 5

He is raised by Mrs Lyons and Mr Lyons in a huge house in a rather posh part of Liverpool, a few streets away from Mickey. He is very well mannered and he also doesn’t understand the class difference between people, yet. This causes him to become friends with Mickey as he is very unlike him. He is very obeying and wants to be like other people, such as Mickey. He is the other Johnstone twin that was given away by Mrs Johnstone in the beginning of the play

Question 6

EDDIE (Age 14):

Personality

Answer 6

Eddie is slightly aware of the class difference between middle and working class people but still isn’t entirely sure. He goes to an all boys school, where he is picked on by his teacher quite often for not being like the other boys. He seems to have left his last behind him after moving away from the city

Question 7

EDDIE (Age 18):

Personality

Answer 7

He is very responsible at this age and is very aware of the class difference and which class he and his family fall into, though he is still friendly with Mickey and Linda. He goes off to university which makes him realise and understand that he can no longer be with Mickey since the two are very different after all

Question 8

EDDIE (Age mid 20s):

Personality

Answer 8

He comes back from university and sees Mickey once he is out of prison, and is shocked to see how much he and Linda have changed, and how much their relationship has altered due to Mickey’s life in prison. When Linda goes to him for help, he agrees to help her which leads Mickey to think of the affair between them

Question 9

LINDA (Age 7):

Personality

Answer 9

Linda is quite immature and childlike at this age, almost very similar to how Mickey used to behave. The audience can tell that she has a crush on Mickey already, due to the fact that she always defends him from Sammy when they play games together. She is kind and welcoming to Eddie when she meets him, and is shown as outgoing and loud

Question 10

LINDA (Age 14):

Personality

Answer 10

She still possess some childlike features from her childhood, but is still hanging out with Mickey and Eddie like when they were young. She doesn’t see the difference in the classes like Mickey does so she still respects them both equally. She and Mickey start to go out with each other and she doesn’t hide her love for him at all, she isn’t shy and is very honest with him. She is also confident and feisty

Question 11

LINDA (Age 18):

Personality

Answer 11

She and Mickey get married because she is expecting a child and they move in together, since this is what would’ve been expected of them. She and Eddie are still friends but the two say goodbye to each other when he leaves for university. She could be seen as a bit similar to Mrs J, as she strays away from her immature and childlike manner and is caring and soft

Question 12

LINDA (Age mid 20s):

Personality

Answer 12

She is obviously struggling with Mickey’s problems, even though she is trying to support him and go back to how things were before. When he is on the medication, he starts to respect Linda less than before which upsets her and causes her to turn to Eddie for help. She does this for Mickey’s benefit though Mickey doesn’t believe her

Question 13

SAMMY (Child):

Personality

Answer 13

As a child, Sammy is very rebellious and is seen bullying Mickey quite a bit. He doesn’t really act like a role model to his younger brother like he should and doesn’t listen to what Mrs Johnstone says to him, either. He is seen as very independent and violent, too

Question 14

SAMMY (Adult):

Personality

Answer 14

He clearly knows about the divide in the classes and this affects him greatly, as he turns to crime to solve all his problems. He lures Mickey into crime, as well, which ends up with him getting put into prison

Question 15

MRS JOHNSTONE (Act 1):
Personality

Answer 15

The audience can clearly see that she loves and cares for all her children a lot and tries to give them everything the need, but never has the money for any of it. After she gives Eddie away, she is upset and is sacked by Mrs L, which upsets her even more. When she meets Eddie again at 7 years old, she feels guilty with herself and turns Eddie away a few times before having a proper conversation with him and giving him a locket with a. photo of herself and Mickey in so he can remember the two of them. she is a main character, who is very superstitious which also links to a lot of the events that happen in the play

Question 16

MRS JOHNSTONE (Act 2):
Personality

Answer 16

After moving to the countryside, she is happy that her and her children can have a fresh start with a new house and a new environment. When she finds out that Mrs Lyons is also there, she is clearly a bit uneasy but doesn’t back down to her and stands up for herself even though she can use Eddie and her money against her easily

Question 17

MRS LYONS (Act 1):
Personality

Answer 17

She seems quite nice and generous in the beginning as she respects Mrs J even though of the class difference between them, but then she becomes very desperate and controlling over Mrs J and uses her fear of superstitions against her in order to get one of the twins and raise it as her own. She starts to only think of herself and protecting Edward from Mrs J and ends up sacking her for being too close to the baby

Question 18

MRS LYONS (Act 2):
Personality

Answer 18

She starts to become very very protective and psychotic when she learns that Mickey and Eddie are friends again and threatens Mrs J with a knife for following them to the countryside and ruining her life. She tries to kill Mrs J in her own house because she is now very paranoid of what could happen to the twins if they knew they were twins

Question 19

MR LYONS:

Personality

Answer 19

He is chilled and laid back and doesn’t know that Eddie isn’t his son, though he looks after him still. He runs to Mrs Lyons’ every need, even coming home from work to deal with her problems when she is moaning to him about Eddie down the phone. He doesn’t understand why Mrs L is always so protective and cautious over Edward as he is just a child and children are always curious

Question 20

NARRATOR:

Personality

Answer 20

The narrator could represent lots of different ideas throughout the play, some being that he is the devil who is always on Mrs J/L’s shoulder and scolds them for the sins they’ve committed. He also could represent superstitions and whenever the boys are close to each other, he is in the background of almost every scene, just standing and observing creepily