Responsibility Flashcards
(13 cards)
What else does Kelly’s play depict other than the challenges of taking personal responsibility?
While Kelly’s play depicts the challenges of taking personal responsibility, it also explores the consequences of not being accountable for your actions. Several of the characters exhibit obsessive behaviours and overwhelming guilt.
What does Brian say to the rest of group after Adam was “killed”?
“I think we should tell someone” – Brian, Act 1
How is Brian treated at the beginning of the play and why?
How is Brian treated at the end?
From the beginning of the play Brian is isolated because of his desire to report the crime. Later her is threatened, ignored and mistreated for his concern about Adam, becoming another victim of the
How does Kelly convey group’s perception of Brian as weak and childlike?
How does his guilt manifest and how is it presented?
Kelly conveys the irony of the group’s perception of him as weak and childlike:
His guilt, manifesting in his fragile mental state, is presented as a frailty or weakness
How does his stand against the other more powerful characters present him as?
personally and morally responsible in his stand against the other, more powerful characters
What is the quote Leah says in Act 2 about if u could change 1 thing, u can change…?
“If you can change one thing, you can change the world” – Leah, Act 2
What is the technique used in the quote?
“If you can change one thing, you can change the world”
Leah’s optimistic attitude to the world is emphasised with syntactic parallelism
What does the repetition of “change” allude to about Leah and Kelly’s personals ideas on her character?
The repetition of “change” alludes to Kelly’s ideas about personal responsibility and his sympathetic presentation of Leah as a character who attempts to change events
What does Leah’s decision to lead confirm about her?
What does she realise?
Her decision to leave, in the resolution, confirms her integrity and autonomy as she realises she can have no impact on the group’s behaviour
What does Phil say in Act 3 about when I’m in charge everyone is…?
I’m in charge. Everyone is happier”– Phil, Act 3
What tone does Phil use and what does Kelly imply about his tone?
Phil’s emphatic and confident tone is one of the ways he manages to convince the group he is a capable leader, but Kelly implies that this hides an unstable mindse
What is Kelly’s portrayal of Phil is?
What questions does this raise?
Kelly’s portrayal of Phil as a calm and decisive leader raises questions about responsibility:
When tje group relies on Phil, what does the play present the dangers of being led by someone life Phil who is …?
While the group rely on Phil, and he steps up to the challenge, the play presents the danger of being led by someone as cold-hearted and corrupt as Phil- cautionary tale
