quotes Flashcards

1
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tell me its not true say its just a story -mrs J in beggining

A

foreshadows her grief at ending

breaks 4th wall

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2
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theres a stone in place of her heart

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EITHER mrs j misunderstood and stereotyped by society due to childrens poor lives
OR mrs l how in the end cares more for spiting mrs j/ mickey than for eddies happiness, tells mickey of linda/eddies affair

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3
Q

sexier than marilyn monroe

lovlier than marilyn monroe

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positive parallels

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4
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we went dancing

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shows happiness

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5
Q

twice the size of marilyn monroe
each day i pray he’ll be ok not like marilyn monroe
you’d think he was dead, like marilyn monroe

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negative parallel

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6
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new shoes on the table

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intro of superstition

comes from miners tradition in liverpool of a miners shoes being put on the table to show they were dead

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7
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one lone magpie overhead

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nursery rhyme one for sorrow two for joy

superstition

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8
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he fades away - mrs l about non existent son

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foreshadows mrs l loosing eddie as he grows closer to the johnstones

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9
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a binding agreement- a bass note repeated as a heartbeat

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when they swore on the bible, bass note foreshadows twins death

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10
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only mine until the time comes around (about collectors)

…. i must learn not to call you mine

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alternate=she only keeps eddie until time comes for mrs l to take him

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11
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what cant be paid must be returned - mrs j

i took him but i never made him mine - mrs l

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foreshadows mrs l breaking deal and eddie returning to johnstones (emotionally) also mrs j wanting eddie back

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12
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they’re a pair, they go together

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foreshadows continued friendship and them always finding each other

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13
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he’s living with jesus and the angels -about eddie

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higher classes are worth more than lower class

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14
Q

if he need picking up, i shall pick him up

i think she should go

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mrs l= possessive and paranoid, breaks deal with mrs j

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15
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if either twin learns that he was once a pair, they shall both immediately die

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foreshadows the twins deaths straight after the revelation of their relation
self fufilling prophecy

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16
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the devils got your number, y’know he’s gonna find y’

are you always going to follow me

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foreshadows mrs l paranoia and accusations of mrs j following her, she calls her a witch often related with the devil

17
Q

he offers a bag - eddie when mickey asks for a sweet

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foreshadows eddie supporting mickey throughout life

18
Q

a side plate?

no its on top

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shows difference in education

19
Q

mam, this is my brother - mickey

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foreshadows discovery and how they are as close as brothers during childhood, dramatic irony as audience knows but twins dont

20
Q

because you’re not the same as him - mrs l

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class divide

21
Q

if you count from 1 to 10 you can get up of the ground again

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when kid there are no real life consequences to actions

22
Q

he was about to commit a serious crime

it was more of a prank really

A

threatening to lower class respectful to upper class

23
Q

you’re both suspended

have to suspend you lyons

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nature overcomes nurture

24
Q

who’d tell the girl in the middle of the pair, the price she’ll pay just for being there

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foreshadows linda loosing both twins and being torn between them

25
Q

just another sign of the times

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thatcherism

26
Q

i don’t want your money

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mickey futile attempt to be self sufficient

27
Q

that was kids stuff eddie

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eddie=sheltered and childlike

mickey forced to mature to surive

28
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where’s me tablets gone

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addiction to drugs - links to marilyn monroe

29
Q

don’‘t shoot eddie. he’s your brother

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discovery directly before deaths

30
Q

tell me it’s not true

say i only dreamed it

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links to beginning