Mrs Lyons

Question 1

‘It’s a pretty house, isn’t it? It’s a pity it’s so big.’

• Petty middle-class problems
• Complaining about things Mrs Johnstone doesn’t have

Answer 1

‘Oh … you mean you’re superstitious?’

• Judges Mrs Johnstone
• Sees it as a lower class believe

Question 2

‘Already you’re being threatened by the welfare people’
‘You sold your baby. ’
-Manipulative
- Threatening

Answer 2

‘They … they say that if either twin learns that he once was a pair, they shall both immediately die.’
- Starts a superstition, since she knows Mrs Johnstone believes then

Question 3

‘But you are not like them.’
‘They’re … drawing him away from me. ’
- Overprotective over Edward
- Tries to make him hers

Answer 3

‘Yes. We're safe here, aren't we?’
‘Are you always going to follow me?’
‘straight at me and I'd think, he knows ... he knows.’
- Paranoid
- Turned unstable