DNA Flashcards
Who are jan and mark
They are narrators
They become shop lifters
Who is Leah
Phil’s girlfriend
She raises awareness of morality
Who is Phil
He never talked to Leah
Always eating
His silence gives him power
He’s the 2nd leader
Who is Lou
Easy swayed
Manipulated by many people
She becomes Cathy’s side kick at the end
Who Is Danny
Has an ambition to become a dentist
Can’t become a dentist due to the crime
Worried how it will effect his career
Who is John Tate
First leader
But the event gets to out of his control and he turns to religion
Who is Richard
Has a little power at the start but didn’t keep it for long
He takes Leah’s place
Who is Cathy
The 3rd and final leader
Cruel
Kills Adam
She finds the drama exciting
Who is Brian
Sensitive
Very easy manipulated
He becomes mentally ill
Who is Adam
Adam gets bullied to fit in
Gets killed twice
What’s the structure of DNA
Cyclical
The gang is closed of from society
The structure builds the tension
The arias are places we all would recognise showing it could happen anywhere
Starts in the middle of action
What is the context in DNA
Teenagers in society are getting out of control
There’s no authority in the play showing what unsupervised kids can do
What dose nihilism mean
The rejection of all morals of religion
What is the religious allegory in DNA
Adam is first man
Adam is innocent but still gets punished
Died for the groups sins
Cigarette burns=nails on the cross
Resurrected
Who comes up with the plans
Phil
