Good Friday Flashcards
“Good Friday”
The Friday before Jesus was crucified
“Three o’clock”
The time Jesus died
“The bus lurches round into the sun”
Moving like the inhabited man, unstable
“D’s this go-“
Glaswegian slang, slurred, sets scene, broken up speech
“He flops beside me”
Lack of control
“got to get some Easter eggs for the kiddies”
suggests kindness
” I’ve had a wee drink”
understatement
“ye understand, no saying, ye understand- ye understand, I’m no boring, ye see, know what I mean”
Examples used throughout the poems to show the man only wants to be understood, taken seriously, not judged and wanted to be listened to
“I don’t know what today is in aid of”
Does not know the story of Easter
“You’re an educatit man”
Introduction of classes
“The working man has nae education, he jist canny - jist hasny got it”
Perhaps because he isn’t educated he loses his thread of thought
“Christ aye”
Two uses of Christ, swear word but also referring to God
“The bus brakes violently he lunges for te stair, swings down- off”
Use of active verbs which are expressive and give realistic detail
“on very
nearly
Steady
Legs”
Replicates the steps he is using to disembark from the bus, he’s not steady at all
Themes?
Religion, Idea of classes, Education, The role of alcohol in Scottish Society
