How are the characters represented in each scene Flashcards
Who is in scene 1
Myra and Jenna
What is Myra like in Scene 1
- acts maternally despite condition
- insistant, bold
- accepting of death
* ‘Have a napkin’
What is Jenna like in scene 1
- selfish
- insensitive
- cold
- bitter
- fragile
‘You want to eat. Here.’
Who is in Scene 2
Myra, Harriet, Alec, Jenna
What is Myra like in scene 2
- optomistsic
- caring
- content
‘Alright, feeling quite sanguine today’
What is Harriet like in Scene 2
- playful childish
‘We were playing ‘phrases Dad hates’ - tension with Jenna
‘You werent the one looking after him, Jen’
What is Alec like in scene 2
- blunt
- dry sense of humor about myras death, unable to process emotions
‘Watched pot never boils, love’
What is Jenna like in scene 2
- fragile
She stands just inside the door, hesistant’
she is possibly unable to process her mothers death so she just waits by the door - emotional bomb
‘Fuck of being fucking reasonable’
Who is in scene 3
Harriet and Jenna
What is Harriet like in scene 3
high tension between them, harriet is emotionally drianed by her sister
‘and now mums dispearing and youre still fucking about like- Like its your disaster’
What is Jenna like in scene 3
Jenna is selfish
‘Im scared of hosiptals. Mum knows.
who is in scene 4
Alec Harriet Myra
What is Alec like in scene 4
Alec is self conscous introverted uncomfotable with other Alec starts when she comes in a sits up
What is Harriet like in scene 4
assertive and confident
‘Your fridge is where food goes to die’
but feeling alone
‘felt like some compamy’
What is Myra like in scene 4
weak and achy
MYRA tightens her dressing gown around her
she is loosing weight
Who is in scene 5
Jenna and Alec
What is jenna like in scene 5
vulnerbale and despertae
‘Can i put your coat on’
What is Alec like in scene 5
generous attempting to mend relationship with Jenna
ALEC feels in his pocket and pulls out a frys peppermint cream choclate bar. He hands it to Jenna
Who is in scene 6
Jenna Harriet Alec Myra
What is Jenna like in scene 6
Bonding with ahrriet, colse intamte moment
‘your not shit at anything’
What is Harriet like in scene 6
playful and childish
‘lie down’
tells jenns to lie in the coffin
What is Alec like in scene 6
weak and vulnearble, emotionally invollved
‘Oh um - sorry’
cant face to call the boiler comapny, cant face emotions
What is Myra like in scene 6
for the first time she seems quite allarmed by her own death
‘Will one of you for a bloody chnage know what to do’
Who is in scene 7
Harriet and Jenna
What is Harriet like in scene 7
emotionally unstable
‘No. No, im loosing it. Quite successfully’
What is Jenna like in scene 7
roles reversed, acting maternally,
**‘ive got Tic - tacks’*
Who is in scene 8
Alec and Myra
What is Alec like in scene 8
explodes emotionally, fustrated
‘DID YOU NOT HEAR A WORD I SAID’
What is Myra like in scene 8
lonley and in need of company, feeling like its the end
she asks to sleep in alecs bed
‘Maybe toinight’
Who is in scene 9
Myra and Jenna
What is Myra like in scene 9
asks if she can sit down on the moss, weak and childish
role reversal
‘Can i sit on the moss?’
What is Jenna like in scene 9
much calmer, selfless
offers to get tablets, maternall
‘Ill get them. Then we dont have to leave yet’
thinking about someone other than herself.
