Exploring Language and Structure in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers

English English Blood Brothers Miss Redmond Would like you to explore how the playwrights language and structure present his ideas. Like Comment 2 minutes ago Miss Redmond Think of four synonyms (words that mean the same thing) for the word on the left. If you have the four words I have you think like a genius....er.... ME of course! My Words: difference distinction Opposition Conflict

Learning Outcomes Good Even Better (C-B grade skill) Excellent (A-A* grade skill) (E-D grade skill) Answers will be based on narrative, with some discussion based on characters Answers will be more focused, with solid knowledge of the text used to support judgments. For B, answers will be sustained and thoughtful. Answers will be astute, evaluative and assured, and for A*, perhaps, original.

Remember... Willy Russell was from a working class family in Liverpool, in this play he seeks to explore perceptions of the class system. Liverpool, once a thriving city, hit a deep economic recession and severe unemployment put many into brutal poverty. Mrs Johnstone not only represents a single mother struggling to survive but also the inequality of the class system and how people viewed society as a whole. lg_willy-russell Willy Russell never refers to a specific time in Blood Brothers but we can assume that the play begins in the late nineteen fifties and ends in the early eighties. We can deduce this because events in the play correspond with major social and political happenings of that time.

Playwrights create characters through stage directions, dialogue and action but do you know exactly what these things are? Mrs Johnstone, horrified, sees the bundle of notes in her hand, and throws it across the room. Mrs Johnstone I didn t...You told me, you said I could see him every day. Well, I ll tell someone, I m gonna tell... From page 22

Mrs Johnstone, horrified, sees the bundle of notes in her hand, and throws it across the room. Mrs Johnstone I didn t...You told me, you said I could see him every day. Well, I ll tell someone, I m gonna tell...

Mrs Johnstone Look at the things Mrs Johnstone says and does in the opening scenes. What is revealed about her? What Mrs Johnstone says / does look, next week I ll pay y suggests What it shows shows We got married at the registry an then we had a do shows shows Mrs. Johnstone struggles to feed her family We ll live like kings, like bright young things never put new shoes on a table shows shows

Mrs Lyons Now focus on the character of Mrs Lyons, what kind of person does she seem to be? What Mrs Lyons says / does We thought children would come along suggests What it shows shows Oh it seems such a long time he ll be back in about five months time. shows shows Mrs Lyons does not believe in superstition Mrs Johnstone, with two more children how can you possibly avoid some of them being put into care? shows shows Mrs Lyons is wealthy

English English Blood Brothers Miss Redmond Would like you to explore how the playwrights language and structure present his ideas. Like Comment 55 minutes ago Miss Redmond Great student Today I............................. Like Comment Dawood Mughal likes this Great student