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Blood Brothers: mothers comparison Act 1

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Emma Sinclair
Emma Sinclair

The document provides guidance for analyzing a passage from the play Blood Brothers by Willy Russell. It instructs the reader to identify how the two mothers, Mrs. Johnstone and Mrs. Lyons, are presented based on their dialogue, stage directions, and syntactic functions. It suggests the audience would sympathize more with one character over the other based on these techniques. The reader is prompted to support their analysis with evidence from the passage and evaluate the intended impact on the audience.

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Blood Brothers: mothers comparison Act 1
LIST EVERYTHING YOU LEARN ABOUT EACH WOMAN SUPPORTED WITH EVIDENCE (A01) Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons • Mrs Johnstone uses colloquial language – ‘Yeh’ Speaks in Standard English – Standard English is used throughout the whole conversation.
Blood Brothers: mothers comparison Act 1
Willy Russell uses 3 main techniques to create characters. Stage Directions Dialogue Action
•How are the two mothers presented in this extract? •Who do we, as the audience, sympathise with and why?
•Think about: •Length/ form of speech e.g. Sentence length/ interogative/ declarative statements •Use of pauses/ ellipses (…) •Stage directions (how they present actions AND emotions) •Challenge: •Can you identify any of the 4 syntactical functions (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory) in this extract? What do they suggest about each of the characters?
Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons • What form do a lot of Mrs Johnstone’s lines take? What does this suggest about how Mrs Johnstone feels at this stage in the extract? • Can you find any examples of Mrs Johnstone sounding uneasy/ uncertain? • What do the stage directions tell us about Mrs Johnstone’s control over the situation/ how she feels about the pact? • Mrs Lyons has more dialogue in this extract than Mrs Johnstone- what do you think that suggests about the two women? • How does Mrs Lyons persuade Mrs Johnstone to agree to the pact? • What is the significance of Mrs Lyons using the bible?
WHO DO WE, AS THE AUDIENCE, SYMPATHISE WITH AND WHY?
Point In this extract the character that Russell appears to sympathise with most intensely is… Evidence Quotations/ stage directions that support this characterisation Explanation How are Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone are presented in this extract of the play? Who do you feel most sympathy towards in this extract? Analysis Discuss the SPECIFC parts of the quotation e.g. stage directions/ syntactical functions- how does this effect the presentation of your chosen character? Evaluation Why has Russell appeared to side with this character and why? Analyse the impact of this scene on the on the audience- how do WE feel about each of the characters at this stage and why?

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Blood Brothers: mothers comparison Act 1

  • 2. LIST EVERYTHING YOU LEARN ABOUT EACH WOMAN SUPPORTED WITH EVIDENCE (A01) Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons • Mrs Johnstone uses colloquial language – ‘Yeh’ Speaks in Standard English – Standard English is used throughout the whole conversation.
  • 4. Willy Russell uses 3 main techniques to create characters. Stage Directions Dialogue Action
  • 5. •How are the two mothers presented in this extract? •Who do we, as the audience, sympathise with and why?
  • 6. •Think about: •Length/ form of speech e.g. Sentence length/ interogative/ declarative statements •Use of pauses/ ellipses (…) •Stage directions (how they present actions AND emotions) •Challenge: •Can you identify any of the 4 syntactical functions (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory) in this extract? What do they suggest about each of the characters?
  • 7. Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons • What form do a lot of Mrs Johnstone’s lines take? What does this suggest about how Mrs Johnstone feels at this stage in the extract? • Can you find any examples of Mrs Johnstone sounding uneasy/ uncertain? • What do the stage directions tell us about Mrs Johnstone’s control over the situation/ how she feels about the pact? • Mrs Lyons has more dialogue in this extract than Mrs Johnstone- what do you think that suggests about the two women? • How does Mrs Lyons persuade Mrs Johnstone to agree to the pact? • What is the significance of Mrs Lyons using the bible?
  • 8. WHO DO WE, AS THE AUDIENCE, SYMPATHISE WITH AND WHY?
  • 9. Point In this extract the character that Russell appears to sympathise with most intensely is… Evidence Quotations/ stage directions that support this characterisation Explanation How are Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone are presented in this extract of the play? Who do you feel most sympathy towards in this extract? Analysis Discuss the SPECIFC parts of the quotation e.g. stage directions/ syntactical functions- how does this effect the presentation of your chosen character? Evaluation Why has Russell appeared to side with this character and why? Analyse the impact of this scene on the on the audience- how do WE feel about each of the characters at this stage and why?