Men Should Weep Quotes Flashcards
Set up of the house
Stage Directions:
“A space has been cleared, centre, for a mattress on the floor with pillows, blankets and old coats.”
Lily’s view of Maggie’s life
Dialogue:
“Livin in a slum an slavin efter a useless man an his greeting waens.”
Edie has worn down pants
Dialogue:
“I’ve nae breeks.”
Money is tight
Dialogue:
“Money disnae stretch.”
Jenny getting battered fruit for the family
Dialogue:
“I had enough o Ma waiting at the shop door every Friday closing time… asking for chipped apples an bashed tomatoes a disgracing me afore the hale shop.”
Treat with granny’s pension
Dialogue:
“Maggie aye bought a bit bacon wi ma pension.”
Alec and Isa’s house
Dialogue:
“Your Alec’s street. The hooses has collapsed.”
Dependability on neighbours
Dialogue:
“It’s only rich folks can keep theirselves tae theirselves. Folks like us huv tae depend on their neighbours when they’re needin help.”
John’s guilt for being in poverty
Dialogue:
“Every time I’ve had tae say ‘no’ tae you a the waens it’s doubled me up like a kick in the stomach. Christ Almighty! A we’ve din wrong is tae be born into poverty! Whit dae they think this kind o life dis tae a man? Whiles it turns ye intae a wild animal. Whiles we’re a human question mark, aye askin why? Why? Why? There’s nae answer. Ye end up a bent back and a head hanging in shame for whit ye canna help.”
Baker’s leftovers
Dialogue:
“An then run across tae the baker an see if there’s ony stale tea-dried left.”
Bertie can’t come home
Dialogue:
“Mammy seems tae think they’re letting Bertie hame; but they’re not. No here. No tae this, Mammy.”
The state of the Morrison’s home (why Bertie can’t come home)
Dialogue:
“It’s rotten, this house. Rotten. Damp. Ye ken yersel. It’s a midden looking out on ither middens. It’s got rats, bugs.”
Many men are unemployed
Dialogue:
“Hundred o us, Maggie, beggin for the chance tae earn enough for food and a roof ower our heids.”
The responsibility of a man when having children
Dialogue:
“A man’s got nae right tae bring waens intae the world if he canna provide for them.”
John’s guilt for Jenny leaving
Dialogue:
“An I couldna make enough tae gie her a decent hame. So! She’s left us! She’s as guid as deid tae us.”
Men should be out working
Dialogue:
“Some men gets on and makes money, depression or no. Ithers hasnae the brains.”
John has a job for Christmas
Dialogue:
“This is the first Christmas I’ve had a decent job for ten year; it’s gonna be the best.”
Maggie defends John to Lily
Dialogue:
“[Lily] If John wid gie hissel a shake…
[Maggie] You leave John alane! He does his best for us!”
A man’s temper
Dialogue:
“That’s just talk. If onythin wis tae happen tae ony o the waens, John would tak it bad. They canna staun up tae things like a wumman. They loss the heid and shout.”
How John sees Alec
Dialogue:
“There ye are! That’s whit ma feyther thinks o me. Ye’ve aye been the same tae me. Despisin… despisin.”
Isa thinks Alec’s soft
Dialogue:
“Mammy’s bit tumphy! G’on ye big lump o dough!”
John doesn’t want to do chores
Dialogue:
“Tae hell wi this Jessie business every time I’m oot o a job! I’m no turning masel intae a bloomin skivvy! I’m a man!”
Isa’s reaction to being choked
Dialogue:
“Goad! Yon wis rough, Alec! That’s mair like a man!”
Jenny wants to lead a life outside of poverty
Dialogue:
“The kitchen’s aye like a pig-sty… there’s never ony decent food, an if there wis, ye’d hae nae appetite for it… an sleepin in a bed-closet in aside a snorin aul wife. Naw I’ve had enough. I’m gonna live ma ain life.”
