leave taking

Question 1

STAGE DIRECTION -”Dels hangs back”

Answer 1

Ironic that Del hangs back even though she is very disrespectful towards it like how she calls in “mumbo jumbo nonsense”

Question 2

“Gullyman wake up to find him lovely car covered in shit” (with a racist message on it )

Answer 2

Brod - scene 2 - shows the impact of Racism on someone they knew and how real this is for them

Brod - scene 2 - shows the impact of Racism on someone they knew and how real this is for them

Question 3

You mother did want turn postmistress but she never pass the exam.She want better for you.”
“And what if i fail my exam?What’ll she do then?”

Answer 3

VIv -scene 2 - she feels underlying tension to reach parental expectations and there is a role reversal - child worried ab mother- and shows viv is very compassionate

Question 4

STAGE DIRECTION DEL enters to silence .She’s wearing her work uniform

Answer 4

dramatic irony

Question 5

“Grateful for what?This shithole?A greasy job in a greasy cafe where they treat me like a dum dum and give me a couple of pounds at the end of every week?What’s that to be grateful for?

Answer 5

Del feels inferior in this country

Question 6

BROD puts a record on.Its heavy dub.

Answer 6

Brod-scene 30 shows he is trying to stay connected to his roots

Question 7

BROD puts a record on.Its heavy dub.

Answer 7

Brod-scene 30 shows he is trying to stay connected to his roots

Question 8

Dancing together at first then separately into their own world

Answer 8

Enid and Brod-scene 5- show that Brod can bring peace to Enid but repects that Enid is a private person

Question 9

I been thinking ab jamaica”
“You wouldn’t survive out there two days by yourself “

Answer 9

VIv-scene 3- moment of courage and viv talks to her when her mother is busy which is tactical

Question 10

“You see what nonsense you put in the girl’s head?”

Answer 10

“You see what nonsense you put in the girl’s head?”
Enid-scene 3- potential conflict and Brod has done his job and taught Viv about her culture

Question 11

BROD reaches out to ENID but she moves away

Answer 11

does nto want to seem vunerable

Question 12

Ah lie Cynthia a tell.She jus want money…”

Answer 12

Enid-scene 3- shes in denial and brod has to repeat it to get through to her

Question 13

Story of Enid’s relationship with her husband and ho she moves in with a guy that she hasn’t spoken to him in a year

Answer 13

Enid-scene 4 - shows that she used to be a risk taker and being a single mother changed her

Question 14

What if I dont want to go to uni?What if i want to travel the world like you did,fall in love..”

Answer 14

Enid gives Viv a lot of money that she has been saving for ages but no money for Del.

Viv-scene 4- clash between what viv wants and her mother wants

Question 15

Spent my life bent over books that have nothing to do with me.”

Answer 15

Viv-scene 4 - her studies do not reflect her and it’s a eurocentric curriculum

Question 16

Spent my life bent over books that have nothing to do with me.”

Answer 16

Viv-scene 4 - her studies do not reflect her and it’s a eurocentric curriculum

Question 17

DEL is staying in MAis house

Answer 17

DEL is staying in MAis house - shows that at a time of need she went back to her and shows that she trusts her even though her actions in scene 1 say otherwise

Question 18

You gone mad or what””trying to win back yourself a fugitive husband”

Answer 18

Del-scene 5- still mocking obeah with her tone of disbelief and wit

Question 19

Those pictures your son put on the wall..”

Answer 19

Del - scene 5- shows that mai hasn’t taken them down and shows her maternal instinct that she misses her son and maybe has hope he will come back.

Question 20

“Love potions are for making people love themselves.Want some ?”
“No way”

Answer 20

Mai and Del -scene 5- it shows that mai is wise and the people are their own worst enemies and Mai feels as Del is insecure in herself but Del denies it to her face but then when Mai leave “DEL quickly picks up love potions and dabs some behind her ear” which shows maybe she is insecure in herself and is her first interest in obeah.

Question 21

DEL TAKES MAI HAND “you like having me around…(imitating MAI)iif me wrong say me wrong”

Answer 21

Del - scene 5- inverts earlier and del is copying mai which could foreshadow later on in the play when del actually becomes an obeah women

Question 22

“No she wouldn’t. you’re her favorite”

Answer 22

Viv-scene 5- even though the whole play it’s presented that its very clear that everyone believes Viv is the favourite due to her academic success viv doesn’t think so

Question 23

ENId stares straight ahead…and her mouth opens in a soundless scream.then the sound comes a howl of pain.

Answer 23

Enid-scene 6-shows that mai makes people feel comfortable around her but also shows enid has all thus built in stress
Enid-scene 6-shows that mai makes people feel comfortable around her but also shows enid has all thus built in stress

Question 24

Mooma never like me.I was everything she never want me to be”

Answer 24

Enid-scene 8- shows that maybe she projected her own insecurities onto her daughter

Question 25

“You say I dont see how they treat you out there .i see it.”

Answer 25

Enid-scene 8- contrasts earlier scenes when Enid was only talking ab the good parts of england and refused to see the bad as she couldn’t bring herself to face the truth

Question 26

DEL has a struggle with herself.Then she makes a decision.She joins ENID at the table…The lights go down as DEL begins the reading.
Shows Del was reflecting on everything that has happened and agreed to come together with her mom

Play has a cyclical structure as scene 1 starts and ends in Mais house and someone doing obeah
Except dels opinions have changed and del and enid have finally resolved their conflict
DEL has a struggle with herself.Then she makes a decision.She joins ENID at the table…The lights go down as DEL begins the reading.
Shows Del was reflecting on everything that has happened and agreed to come together with her mom

Answer 26

Play has a cyclical structure as scene 1 starts and ends in Mais house and someone doing obeah
Except dels opinions have changed and del and enid have finally resolved their conflict

Question 27

context

Answer 27

What is the Windrush generation?
HMT Empire Windrush became a symbol of a wider mass-migration movement.
People in the Caribbean were invited to the UK to help rebuild post-war Britain.According to the National Archives, which holds the ship’s passenger list, external there were 1,027 people on board. More than 800 gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean.Several hundred passengers were Jamaican, but others arrived from islands including Trinidad, St Lucia, Grenada and Barbados.These travellers - and those on other ships which came to the UK until 1971 - became known as the Windrush generation.Many had served in the British armed forces in World War Two.

In 1948, the British Nationality Act gave people from colonies the right to live and work in Britain.The government needed workers to help fill post-war labour shortages and rebuild the economy.Caribbean countries were also struggling economically, and job vacancies in the UK offered an opportunity.Many of those who came became manual workers, drivers, cleaners, and nurses in the newly established NHS.

The 1971 Immigration Act gave Commonwealth citizens living in the UK indefinite leave to remain - the permanent right to live and work in the UK.
This included the Windrush generation, but also people from other former British colonies in South Asia and Africa.
However, in April 2018, it emerged that the UK Home Office had kept no records of those granted permission to stay, and had not issued the paperwork they needed to confirm their status.It had also destroyed landing cards belonging to Windrush migrants, in 2010.Those affected were unable to prove they were in the country legally and were prevented from accessing healthcare, work and housing.Many were also threatened with deportation.A review of historical cases also found that at least 83 people who had arrived before 1973 had been wrongly deported