Truth And Reality Flashcards
(15 cards)
What does Kelly’s play consider?
Kelly’s play considers how his characters choose lies and the distortion of truth rather than facing a difficult reality — facing the consequences of their actions.
How does the play present reality?
The play presents reality as fragile or ephemeral, as characters manipulate the truth in order to achieve personal power and popularity or evade the moral implications of their crime.
What quote by Phil in act 1 is used to describe the postman they use to blame Adam’s death on?
What is meaning and context of the quote?
“With thinning hair and a postman’s uniform, sad eyes, softly spoken” – Phil, Act 1
In the rising action of the play, Phil instructs the group to frame a postman and gives them a detailed description to repeat to the police
What is analysis of quote?
“With thinning hair and a postman’s uniform, sad eyes, softly spoken” – Phil, Act 1
The sibilant phrase “sad eyes, softly spoken” is powerful because it hints at Phil’s deeper understanding of the realities of life
How does Kelly present Phil?
“With thinning hair and a postman’s uniform, sad eyes, softly spoken” – Phil, Act 1
Kelly presents the complexities of Phil’s character as sinister in criminal cover-up of Adam’s death:
What does this description imply?
“Sad eyes” “softly spoken”
The description implies an intimate knowledge of sadness and shows how he exploits this
Why does Kelly present Phil as clever and sophisticated?
Kelly presents Phil as clever and sophisticated to highlight his callousness
“…because you can see the incredibly precious beauty and fragility of reality” – Leah, Act 2
Leah’s words convey her sense of vulnerability as she accepts the fragility of her world while showing her love for it
What does the depth of Leah’s quote imply about Phil and how does this link to truth and reality?
“…because you can see the incredibly precious beauty and fragility of reality” – Leah, Act 2
The depth of Leah’s conversations with Phil imply there is another side to Phil that the audience never sees fully, presenting the inherent ambiguities of truth and reality
What 3 technique is used?
What do 1st 2 capture and what does 3rd highlight
“…because you can see the incredibly precious beauty and fragility of reality” – Leah, Act 2
In this moment, employs philosophical abstraction and metaphor to capture her emotional turmoil, while the juxtaposition of “beauty” and “fragility” highlights the delicate tension between truth and collapse that defines the group
What is the quote Adam does about standing there twitching staring as if they were aliens? Act 3 Stage directions
“He stands there, twitchily, staring at them as though they were Aliens” – Stage directions, Act 3
What do state directions emphasis on Adam?
What does twitchily connotate?
“He stands there, twitchily, staring at them as though they were Aliens” – Stage directions, Act 3
Stage directions emphasise Adam’s nervousness and the disturbing impact of his experiences as he faces the group “twitchily”, a word with connotations of distress and illness
What is Adam’s function and what does he force the group to do?
“He stands there, twitchily, staring at them as though they were Aliens” – Stage directions, Act 3
Adam functions as a physical representation of the truth when he reappears, alive, and forces the group to confront the reality of the situation
What does Kelly’s simile compare the group to? What does it present the group as?
“He stands there, twitchily, staring at them as though they were Aliens” – Stage directions, Act 3
Kelly’s simile compares the group to “Aliens” to show Adam’s perspective that they are inhuman or “other, which presents the group of bullies as unnatural
