DNA Flashcards
LEAH
“How have you been…”
“How have you been living?”
“No, how?”
LEAH
“Who says…”
“Who says we’re all supposed to be happy”
LEAH
“You can see the incredibly…”
“You can see the incredibly precious beauty and fragility of reality”
LEAH
“Because there is now a man…”
“Because there is now a man in prison linked to a non-existent crime”
LEAH
“They need fibres…”
“They need fibres, they need samples, they need evidence”
LEAH
“Suddenly she stops…”
“Suddenly she stops chewing and spits the sweet out. Gets up, stares at Phil. Storms out”
LEAH
“I put the point…”
“I put the point of a screwdriver on his head and I hit it with a hammer”
JAN AND MARK
“You know what…”
“You know what he’s like”
JAN AND MARK
“Are we going to…”
“Are we going to be in trouble”
JAN AND MARK
“Otherwise…”
“Otherwise, you did all the…”
JAN AND MARK
“Having a laugh really…”
“Having a laugh really, he was laughing”
JAN AND MARK
“We were having…”
“We were having a laugh, weren’t we?”
JAN AND MARK
“He was laughing…”
“He was laughing”
“At first”
ADAM
“I saw the light…”
“I saw the light and went that way…because that’s what people do”
ADAM
“A boy who looks…”
“A boy who looks like a tramp. His clothes are torn and dirty, and his hair is matted with dry blood”
ADAM
“Woke, woke, woke up…”
“Woke, woke, woke up, I woke up with liquid on my head, leaves, dead and rotting”
BRIAN
“I can’t face…”
“I can’t face it”
BRIAN
“I feel…”
“I feel terrible inside”
BRIAN
“Phil places the….”
“Phil places the bag over Brian’s head”
BRIAN
“I think we should…”
“I think we should tell someone”
BRIAN
“I wonder what earth…”
“I wonder what earth tastes like”
BRIAN
“I found…”
“I found him, I found him, I found him, I found Adam”
BRIAN
“I can’t stand the way…”
“I can’t stand the way they look at me. And then, because I cry, they think I’m telling the truth, but I’m crying because I feel terrible inside”
JOHN TATE
“Do not use…”
“Do not use that word”
JOHN TATE
“Lets not overplay…”
“Lets not overplay the gravity of the situation”
JOHN TATE
“John Tate places a …”
“John Tate places a finger over her lips. She is silent”
JOHN TATE
“I’m gonna hurt…”
“I’m gonna hurt you, actually”
JOHN TATE
“I am trying to keep…”
“I am trying to keep everyone together”
JOHN TATE
“Ever since…”
“Ever since I came to this school haven’t I been trying to keep everyone together”
CATHY
“She’s insane…”
“She’s insane, she cut a first year’s finger off”
CATHY
“I mean…”
“I mean, it’s quite exciting as well, isn’t it”
CATHY
“We showed…”
“We showed initiative”
CATHY
“They might even give…”
“They might even give me money for it, do you think I should ask for money?”
CATHY
“Play…”
“Play a game”
CATHY
“Better than…”
“Better than ordinary life”
PHIL
“You and Cathy are…”
“You and Cathy are going to play a game. With Adam”
PHIL
“What’s more important…”
“What’s more important; one person or everyone”
PHIL
“What difference…”
“What difference will it make”
PHIL
“Do not use the first one…”
“Do not use the first one on the roll, use the third or fourth”
PHIL
“We’ll throw rocks at you…”
“We’ll throw rocks at you until you drop through. You’ll drop through. You’ll fall into the cold”
PHIL
“We’ll swing you onto…”
“We’ll swing you onto the grill”
PHIL
“Needs more…”`
“Needs more jam”
DANNY
“A levels are…”
“A levels are part of the plan; dead people are not part of the plan”
DANNY
“I want to keep…”
“I want to keep calm, I want to say nothing”
DANNY
“Dentists don’t…”
“Dentists don’t get involved in things. I’ve got a plan”
DANNY
“I really can’t be mixed up in something like that…”
“I really can’t be mixed up in something like that, it wouldn’t be right”
What does the repetitive, cyclical structure of the settings suggest?
Change is not possible.
As the final act does not follow the structure format, what does it reflect?
The deterioration of the group
As there is no interaction between the group and the rest of society, what does it emphasise?
Their alienation and isolation from society
What did antisocial behaviour orders lead to?
People targeting young people, dehumanizing them, calling them ‘hoodies;.
Why doesn’t the gang belong to society?
Because the gang can’t trust society, just like society can’t trust the gang.
Why does Kelly use familiar settings?
To show that this kind of situation can happen anywhere
BULLYING
“Big fistfull…”`
“Big fistfull of leaves”
BULLYING
“Stubbed…”
“Stubbed cigarettes on him”
BULLYING
“You had to laugh…”
“You had to laugh, the expression, the fear”
BULLYING
“Do I disgust…”
“Do I disgust you? I do”
BULLYING
“And someone’s pegged…”
“And someone’s pegged a stone at him”
BULLYING
“If you don’t shut up…”
“If you don’t shut up you’ll be dead”
BULLYING
“Phil places the…”
“Phil places the bag over Brian’s head”
CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE
“So kill me, Phil….”
“So kill me, Phil, call the police, lock me up, rip out my teeth”
CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE
“If he comes back…”
“If he comes back our lives are ruined. He can’t come back, Cathy”
CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE
“Cut a…”
“Cut a first year’s finger off”
CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE
“Chimps kill…”
“Chimps kill and sometimes torture each other to find a better place within the social structure”
CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE
“She was gonna do it…”
“She was gonna do it. She loves violence now”
DEATH
“So he’s…”
“So he’s…so he’s…so he’s”
DEATH
“Puts a plastic…”
“Puts a plastic bag over Brian’s head”
DEATH
“Pouring into the school…”
“Pouring into the school, grief, and grief is making them happy”
DEATH
Cathy is “on every…”
“On every channel”
DEATH
“Suddenly Adam’s…”
“Suddenly Adam’s everyone’s best friend”
DEATH
“He’s dead, everyone thinks…”
“He’s dead, everyone thinks he’s dead, what difference will it make?”
DEATH
“But he’s not…”
“But he’s not dead, he’s alive”
ALIENATION
The characters see social institutions as a punishment
“Our lives are…”
“Our lives are ruined”
ALIENATION
“Doesn’t everyone want…”
“Doesn’t everyone want to be us, here in the woods”
ALIENATION
“I knew we weren’t alone…”
“I knew we weren’t alone in the universe”
LEADERSHIP
“I thought we’d got over…”
“I thought we’d got over all that silliness”
LEADERSHIP
“Everyone calm okay…”
“Everyone calm, okay. Isn’t that right, Phil”
LEADERSHIP
“Our lives will be…”
“Our lives will be ruined if Adam returns”
LEADERSHIP
“We’ll take you up to the…”
“We’ll take you up to the grille…we’ll throw you in”
LEADERSHIP
What does Cathy proudly state as leader?
“I used violence”
LEADERSHIP
“Make a game…”
“Make a game of it”
“How”
LEADERSHIP
“She cut a…”
“She cut a first year’s finger off”
LEADERSHIP
“If you don’t help us…”
“If you don’t help us we’ll kill you”`
LEADERSHIP
“Everyone respects you and…”
“Everyone respects you and everyone’s scared of you and who made that, I mean, I’m not boasting but who made that happen?”
RESPONSIBILITY
“If you go now…”
“If you go now and you say nothing to no one about this, you won’t be in trouble”
RESPONSIBILITY
“If we have done a thing…”
“If we have done a thing, which we haven’t, but if we have done then we did it together”
RESPONSIBILITY
“We’ve got this situation…”
“We’ve got this situation. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. But it is like this”
GANGS AND LOYALTY
“What are we…”
“What are we going to do?”
GANGS AND LOYALTY
“I could walk out of here, there are friends…”
“I could walk out of here, there are friends, I’ve got… I mean alright, I haven’t got friends, not exactly”
GANGS AND LOYALTY
“Wasn’t it good when Phil…”
“Wasn’t it good when Phil was running the show”
GANGS AND LOYALTY
“Says nothing…”
“Says nothing. Staring at nothing”
