Blood Brothers quotes and inferences Flashcards
(11 cards)
Mrs Johnstone:
“With seven hungry mouths to feed and one more nearly due” - OPENING
Inference one: ‘hungry’ deamonstrates the daily struggle Mrs Johnstone goes thriugh to provide for her children
Inference two: The quote quickly establishes the desperation of Mrs Johnstone
Inference three: Mrs Johnstone struggles to provide because her husband left her and society offers her little sympathy
Inference four: The quote foreshadows the difficukty she faces in the future with more children
Mrs Johnstone:
“The shoes, the shoes!” - DEVELOPMENT
Inference one: The quote shows the audience that Mrs Johnstone is a very fragile character
Inference two: Implies that Mrs Johnstone tries to stop anything bad from happening in her life
Inference three: The quote symbolises the supernatural and how new shoes on a table is bad luck, this highlights how her life is always on edge and she is always close to slipping into darkness and bad luck
Mrs Johnstone:
“Y’ waitin for y’ mum to give y’ a big sloppy kiss” - FURTHER ON
Inference on: loquial language symbolises the social class and how the lower class aren’t taught how to speak proper english
Inference two: The quote shoes her genuine affection towards her children and how much care she has for them which is a contrast to Mrs Lyons and how she cares for Eddie
Inference three: The quote shows her motherly instincts and how she is loving and caring of her children
Inference four: The quote shows that even though the family struggle they still love one another
Mrs Johnstone:
(1)”Living on the never never”, (2)”Say its not true”, (3)”Say its just a story” - ENDING
Inference one(1): This implies how they are living on the edge of stability
Inference two (1): The repetition shows the realisation that happiness is just out of reach for her
Inference three(2): Mrs J. wants the tragedy to just be fictional which shows how she has no power or control of the situation at hand
Inference four(3): The quote highlights how the Poor depend on the rich in society
Mickey Johnstone:
“Gis a sweet” - OPENING
Inference one: There is a durect contrast to Eddie’s cultured background through the way they speak
Inference two: Mickey has broken speech/ very colloquial (doesn’t know how to speak proper english)
Inference three: Mickey is the product of ‘Street life’ and suffers from want
Inference four: Mickey’s aggressive tone highlights the absense and lack of a responsible and matured rolemodel
Mickey Johnstone:
“It’s borin” - DEVELOPMENT
Inference one: Mickey has been failed by the education system like any other children from the lower class which leads to his lack of work opportunities in the future
Inference two: Mickey doesn’t want to try in school and has ‘given up’ with his education - this implies mickey becoming careless about his future
Inference three: Mickey doesnt find any enjoyment of being at school or learning and furthering his education
Inference four: The quote symbolises the lack of opportunities there is for the lower class and even if he did well in school he still wouldn’t go very far in the future and he won’t have a luxorious life
Mickey Johnstone:
“Crawl back” - FURTHER ON
Inference one: Mickey is aware of his current situation and knows he would ‘crawl back’ to his old job that he was once ‘terrified’ he would have to do for the rest of his life for ‘half the pay’
Inference two: Eddie isn’t understanding the impact living in poverty has had on Mickey - this evokes anger out of Mickey as he has been bottling his emotions up
Inference three: Mickey now understands how different him and Eddie actually are
Mickey Johnstone:
“I could have been, I could have been him” - ENDING
Inference one: Mickey is almmost questioning reality/questioning his whole life
Inference two: Mickey is in a state of shock and guilt after he finds out Eddie was his brother
Inference three: As Mickey and Eddie grow older, the universe divides them, eventually killing them
Inference four: The quote shows how social class is more powerful than the bond between brothers
Mrs Lyons:
“It’s a lot of money but, well…” - OPENING
Inference one: Mrs Lyons firing Mrs Johnstone and giving her money implies how Mrs Lyons is very manipulative and managed to manipulate her husband into letting her fire Mrs Johnstone
Inference two: The quote shows that Mrs Lyons has no empathy for the working class and she is only happy when they follow her orders
Inference three: The quote symbolises how Mrs Lyons manipulates her way through life and depends on money to let her get her own way - she tries to control/gain power in situations with money
Mrs Lyons:
“It’s a lot of money but, well…” - OPENING
Inference one: Mrs Lyons firing Mrs Johnstone and giving her money implies how Mrs Lyons is very manipulative and managed to manipulate her husband into letting her fire Mrs Johnstone
Inference two: The quote shows that Mrs Lyons has no empathy for the working class and she is only happy when they follow her orders
Inference three: The quote symbolises how Mrs Lyons manipulates her way through life and depends on money to let her get her own way - she tries to control/gain power in situations with money
Mrs Lyons:
“You wont tell anyone about this… you will kill them” - DEVELOPMENT
