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1
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where does Act 3 take place and with who

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woods, the group

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where does Act 1 take place and with who

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street, Jan and Mark

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where does Act 4 take place and with who

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field, Richard and Phil

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where does Act 2 take place and with who

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field, Leah and Phil

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what is the symbolism of Leah’s bonobos monologue

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  • chimps are evil, attack the weak
  • bonobos are complete opposite, take care and have empathy for most vulnerable in their society
  • if humans discovered bonobos first, maybe we would have a different view on ourselves and behave more kindly to others
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Phil’s plan

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  • Danny steal Adam’s jumper give to cathy and mark who will put strangers DNA onto it and leave it to be discovered
  • invents a person, fat, caucasian, male 5’9, thinning hair, inspired by media
  • brian and richard report a flasher in the woods and others create fake footprints
  • all these clues lead to a suspect who doesn’t exist
  • Phil and Leah don’t have rolls
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how do Mark and Jan guide the audience

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  • act as a narrator who describe the events that happened offstage
  • duologues at beginning of the acts creates enigmas and propel audience and group into next phase of plot
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what’s some of the perceptions of your people that Kelly explores

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  • in early 2000s there was a moral panic about teenagers
  • anti social behaviour was introduced and headlines blamed teens and associated them with drinking, sex and violence
  • Kelly suggests that the way teens acts is towards society and how they have a lack of trust for younger people
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how does Kelly approach setting, a field, a street and a wood

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  • very vague basic places which enables audience to imagine these own place in their community
  • shows that teens can be found anywhere
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what does the setting “a wood” symbolise

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  • most secretive place so group conversations occur there
  • privacy and space outside society
  • where teens would gather because it’s away from adults
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what does the setting “a field” symbolise

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  • potentially romantic because it’s open, rural and secluded
  • leah sees it this was, phil does not
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what is the effect of Mark and Jane’s language

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  • use short utterances, often only one word with frequent interruptions over each other
  • repeat one and another’s lines to try and persuade themselves
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“do not use the first one on the roll, use the third or fourth”

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phill- suggest that he’s intelligent and his coldness

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adjectives to describe Phil

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  • smart
  • strict
  • silent
  • dangerous
  • leader
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she loves…

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she loves violence now

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phil?…

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phil? phil? phil?

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you crying…

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you crying little piece of filth

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what’s more important…

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what’s more important, one person or everyone?

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alright new rule;…

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alright new rule; that word is banned

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richard we…

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richard we showed initiative

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do i disgust you?…

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do i disgust you? i do. no, i do

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dead people…

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dead people are not part of the plan

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i put the point of a screwdriver…

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i put the point of a screwdriver on his head and i hit it with a hammer

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you’ll land on Adam’s…

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you’ll land on Adam’s corpse and you’ll rot together

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being seen as…

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being seen as heroes is making them behave like heroes

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who says it: “she loves violence now”

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brian

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who says it: “phil? phil? phil?”

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leah

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who says it: “you crying little piece of filth”

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phil

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who says it: “alright. new rule; that word is banned”

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john tate

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who says it: “Richard we showed initiative”

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cathy

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who says it: “do i disgust you? i do. no, i do”

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leah

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who says it: “dead people are not part of the plan”

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danny

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who says it: “ i put the point of a screwdriver on his head and i hit it with a hammer”

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leah

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who says it: “you’ll land on Adam’s corpse and you’ll rot together”

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phil

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who says it: “being seen as heroes is making them behave like heroes”

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leah

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it’s adam we used to…

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it’s adam we used to go to his birthday parties

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who says it: “it’s adam we used to go to his birthday parties”

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leah

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what emotion does this show: “it’s adam we used to go to his birthday parties”

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loyalty

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quotes that show morality

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“jerry i killed him”

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quotes that show bullying

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you crying little piece of filth

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what happened to Adam?

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he was tormented, bullied and harmed then walked over a grille while others threw stones at him, he fell and everyone thinks he’s dead

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what is phil’s plan?

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create a false trail of evidence that suggests someone has kidnapped adam

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who is in charge?

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  • john tate (at first)
  • there is some leadership conflict with richard
  • phil takes charge
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what do the bonobos symbolise?

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  • they are empathetic and kind unlike chimpanzees who attack the weak and outsiders
  • symbolises two opposing type of human behaviour
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what has happened in the investigation?

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police have found someone who matches the DNA on the jumper and the fictional description

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how do the police have DNA evidence for the suspect?

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because cathy and mark took the jumper to the sorting office and found someone who matched the invented description

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Why does Leah talk about happiness and the natural order?

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  • kelly suggests there is no “order” in humanity
  • leah implies, pressure to be happy makes life more miserable, chaos is natural state for people to be in
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how does leah react to the investigation’s progress?

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keeps reminding people that they made the “killer” up, horrified by cathy and mark’s actions

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because brian doesn’t do his part in the plan what does phil do?

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phil threatens to kill brian in same way adam died because brian refuses to identify the man in custody

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what does leah want to do at the start of Act 3?

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says she wants to run away, to get a reaction from phil, but it doesn’t work

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what does leah say about how people’s lives have changed since Adam’s death?

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  • she says people are happier, as though they value their own lives more
  • says she is miserable and that brian and john tate are having difficult times
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what really happened to Adam?

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  • found his way out badly injured
  • has been living in a hedge unable to go home
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what does phil do to brian to explain Adam’s death?

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puts a plastic bag over brian’s head, demonstrating to cathy how adam should be killed

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how does phil and leah’s relationship change?

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  • phil doesn’t listen when leah tried to persuade him to go to authorities to explain
  • in field takes food then rejects it and storms off crying
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how is Act 4 structurally different?

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  • has two scenes, not four
  • missing a group scene
  • only one scene in the field with richard and instead not leah
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what does the missing group scene represent?

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lack of unity in the group, everything has fallen apart

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who joins phil in the field at the end of

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richard, not leah

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what is the effect of the timing of the play?

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short timescale with gaps between acts but no interval, creates a fast pace as the events unfold rapidly outside the character’s control

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what is the effect of the cyclical structure of each act?

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implies that events are unchangeable, they will continue to happen in a cycle and can’t be stopped

60
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what is the significance of phil and richard’s relationship at the end?

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phil’s silence at the end shows he affected by events or that he continues to be uninterested

61
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how do the characters interact with social institutions?

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very little, go to school and meet the police but all this occurs offstage

62
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what impressions of young people do tabloid newspapers of the day present?

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associated with anti-social, violet or criminal behaviour and involvement with sex and alcohol

63
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why doesn’t kelly use mobile phones?

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change the dynamics of the relationships

64
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how does cathy relate to modern celebrity?

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she wants to be famous

65
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what are the three settings?

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  • a street
  • a fief
  • a wood
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what is the symbolism of the title? (DNA)

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  • explain the differences between chimps and bonobos which represents different ways for humans to behave to one another
  • dna is meant to be unquestionable evidence but i’d manipulated in the play, linking to the themes of deception and violence
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evidence to show how mark and jan are responsible?

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  • both involved in adam’s death and the bullying that created it
  • mark and cathy responsible for framing innocent postman
  • never fully accept their responsible
68
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what role does phil play in the group?

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  • takes control over john rate when adam’s death is revealed
  • dominates the cover up by making the plan
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phil controls the group through:

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  • violence
  • threats
  • implicit commands
  • silence
70
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how does phil’s relationship with leah change?

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  • could be a romantic element but it’s unclear
  • always together in the field
  • phil shows physical attention which leah thinks is too far and leaves
71
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what is the purpose of phil’s eating?

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  • gives him opportunity to watch others
  • provides black comedy
  • stops eating when leah is gone shows her disappearance from his life or he’s been affected by events of play
72
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how does leah behave with phil?

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  • constantly wants attention
  • over melodramatic
  • sometimes violet to herself
73
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what is the significance of leah’s monologues?

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  • raise philosophical questions linked to play’s themes
  • shows she’s talkative so when she leaves at the end, it has more impact
74
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what does leah want to do with adam?

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take him back to town and tell the truth

75
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what is cathy like at the beginning of the play?

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minor character who creates trouble to aggravate others

76
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what is cathy’s role in the cover-up?

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  • told to plant dna on adam’s jumper with mark
  • waits outside the sorting office for someone fitting the fictional description
77
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what is cathy’s response to adam’s death?

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  • finds it exciting, change to boredom of her life
  • goes on tv and enjoys attention of being associated with adam
78
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when is cathy seen to enjoy power?

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  • causing trouble with comments at the beginning
  • being seen as knowledgeable about adam on tv
  • takes brian to kill adam
  • control at end
79
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which character in the play is brian most like? why?

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adam, both victims of the group’s bullying

80
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what is brian’s role in the plan?

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tell head teacher he was flashed in the woods to create a false trail of evidence

81
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how does brian’s language change?

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becomes more repetitive, saying all his thoughts out loud and using childish imagery

82
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how does danny compare with the others?

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more aspirational and focused on his future

83
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what are danny’s concerns following adam’s death?

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  • worries about getting into dental college
  • concerned that an incident man has being framed
84
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how does danny challenge john and phil?

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asks questions but does not act on his concerns

85
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what happened in to danny after Act 2?

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doesn’t return on stage, distances from the group or group don’t trust him with adam’s appearance

86
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how does danny symbolise people’s response to trauma?

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could have PTSD suggested by his connecting people’s mouths with the grille

87
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what makes adam a victim?

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  • subject to constant bullying, which causes his death
  • when he returns he is murdered by cathy and brian
88
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how does adam’s death affect the community?

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public grief includes memorials and renaming buildings

89
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what is adam’s speech like when he returns?

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fragmented and broken showing he can’t understand what’s happened

90
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how has adam been living?

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  • under a hedge
  • eating animals, grasses and leaves
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how does richard change?

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  • challenges for control a little at start but becomes a follower
  • wants phil’s attention
  • becomes kinder to others
92
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what language does richard use to challenge others?

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sarcastic put downs and complaints

93
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what is lou’s role?

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follows without question

94
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what is lou’s language like?

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short, simple utterances which make her seem young

95
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when does john tate disappear?

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Act 1 Scene 3

96
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how does john tate react initially to adam’s death?

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bans the word “dead”, he’s afraid and doesn’t know what to do so asks phil and leah for help

97
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how does john tate try to keep control?

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  • tried to get everyone to confirm they are on his side
  • threatens them with violence if they disagree with him
98
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what types of bullying are presented?

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  • physical
  • psychological/emotional
99
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who are the main victims of bullying?

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weaker characters
- adam (physical)
- brian (psychological)
- leah (psychological)

100
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why do characters like mark and jan bully?

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  • gives them a sense of power
  • entertainment
  • boredom
101
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how is leah involved in bullying?

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  • victim of phil’s psychological bullying
  • also been a perpetrator to adam’s psychological bullying
102
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how does kelly show violence through language?

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common and causal

103
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how does mark distance himself from the violence of their actions?

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using casual language like laughing to minimise importance

104
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how does violence develop into cruelty?

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bullying of adam led to death

105
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who is the cruellest character?

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cathy
- sees adam’s death as exciting
- deliberately murders him at the end

106
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how does leah connect with science?

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using scientific ideas in her monologue to css light on themes of play

107
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which other characters are associated with science?

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  • danny (wants to be a dentist)
  • brian (on medication)
108
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how is adam connected with religion?

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could have been send as a primitive sacrifice

109
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what kind of a leader is john tate?

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weak and powerless

110
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how is phil effective as a leader?

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  • has a good plan
  • everyone does as he says
111
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how does cathy’s leadership develop?

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  • transitions from a follower to a leader
  • increases confidence and use of violence
112
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what kind of a leader is leah?

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  • moral leader
  • others turn to her at moments of crisis
  • lacks confidence to make decisions without phil
113
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how does kelly make death seem brutal?

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  • by describing the actions leading up to adam’s first “death”
  • visually presenting the method of his murder in act 3
114
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what are the echoes between adam’s two deaths?

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  • both offstage and brutally violent
  • adam is unaware what is happening in each
  • second is deliberate whereas the first is accidental
115
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what does alienation mean?

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feeling isolated from society

116
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how does the teenagers view social institutions?

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  • as something to punish them or be manipulated not supportive
  • little impact on the character’s lives
117
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how does the play’s structure present their alienation?

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several scenes have small groups or pairs separate from the main group

118
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how is the group alienated from one another?

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shift allegiances through the play until they all separate at the end

119
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how does kelly view the play’s morality?

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sees it as asking no real questions of the audience, including whether murder is ever justified

120
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who are the most moral characters?

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characters like leah who challenge phil or those who are less directly involved in adam’s death

121
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who are the most immoral and amoral characters?

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  • phil (immoral)
  • cathy (amoral)
122
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are there any purely moral characters?

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  • adam is the only moral character
  • all characters behave immorally by covering up adam’s death
123
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what types of responsibility are explored?

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  • personal responsibility
  • collective responsibility
124
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who is personally responsible for Adam’s initial disappearance?

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unclear but probably not leah and phil but possible everyone else

125
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what are the characteristics of a gang?

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  • strong leader
  • followers in a clear hierarchy
126
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what language initially creates a sense of loyalty?

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collective pronouns (we, us, everyone else)

127
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which characters show loyalty?

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  • leah until the end when she leaves
  • lou is loyal to cathy in the final act
  • richard is loyal to phil
128
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who are the least loyal characters?

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  • john tate and danny leave group quickly after adam’s death and don’t come back
  • phil creates a plan that shows loyalty but isn’t involved in a part and then is separated at the end which could show his manipulation
129
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how does leah suggest happiness is an illusion?

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recognising it is an appearance or pretence about what people are cleft happy to look like

130
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how does grief make people happier in the play?

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come together as a community with a sense of purpose in mourning adam

131
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are any characters happy at the end?

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not rlly, most characters are suffering and battling it in their own ways (john tate found god, mark and jan are shoplifters)

132
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what is brian like at the end?

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has a breakdown and is on serious medication

133
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what is danny like at the end?

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sees people’s mouths as holes like the one adam fell into

134
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what is john tate like at the end?

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  • distanced himself from the group
  • has found god
135
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what are cathy and lou like at the end?

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  • in control
  • cathy is increasingly violent to keep her leadership through fear
136
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what are mark and jan like at the end?

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both shoplifting

137
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what is leah like at the end?

A

moved schools

138
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what is phil like at the end?

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doesn’t take part in the group anymore and isn’t eating

139
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what is richard like at the end?

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replaced leah’s role in the field with phil trying to convince him to come back and lead the group

140
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what is the symbolism of a street?

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a public space

141
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what is the symbolism of a field?

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open space but secluded from society

142
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what is the symbolism of a wood?

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private space, secretive and hidden from society

143
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how do the field reflect character’s relationships?

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interpreted as a potentially romantic setting for phil and leah, but their relationship is ambiguous

144
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how do the street reflect character’s relationships?

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jan and mark’s conversations would be impossible for a passerby to decipher

145
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how do the wood reflect character’s relationships?

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a secret meeting place for the group, highlighting their alienation from society

146
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who is argued to be less responsible for Adam’s death?

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  • john tate and danny- leave the group before adam returns
  • brian’s breakdown leaves him unable for o make rational decisions
147
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what part is a metaphor for human behaviour

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leah’s monologue on chimps and bonobos

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