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Blood Brothers
mickey quotes
'it's a, its a thingy innit?'
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shows class difference as the knowledge edward has is so much advanced compared to mickey even as simple as knowing what one is and having access to one.
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''are you soft
links to social class that poor kids have to grow up quicker and be more mature to survive in the world, weak/stupid
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'i dont know how to tell y' ', 'ive got pimples' 'me feet are too big an' me bum sticks out an' '
insecure, self conscious,
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'but after bein' fucked off from everywhere, it seems like it was paradise'
what he didnt want to do for the rest of his life seems like paradise at he was earing and is the only place he could get money which is all he needs at the moment.
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'but im not in your shoes, im in these, lookin' at you'
he wont ever be in his shoes, grew up in different worlds and he could only ever 'look' at him not 'be' him
'fifty notes?'
lots of money as he is struggling to get a job, questioning how he could get that much money, questioning legality and also whether he should do it as it would be financially beneficial.
mrs.lyons quotes
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'myself, i believe that an adopted child can become ones own'
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'reaches for the bible'
brings superstition and religion into the agreement to add more value and almost so its a sin if she goes against it
'a binding agreement'
cannot be undone, forever there, no going back on what they have done, fate has been decided
'nobody must ever know'
secret, something bad will happen if they do, makes sure that she cannot tell the police and turn on mrs.lyons
'bargain', 'you swore on the bible'
making it very official, cannot go back, turning actions back on her so she looks like the bad person
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'if either twin learns that he was once a pair, they shall both immediately die'
making the fate true, superstition, creating the fate
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'you are my son, mine'
possessive again, common theme of her to verbally announce that edward is hers and only hers, shows her fear of never being his true mother and losing him as he grows old
'if we stay here i feel that something terrible will happen, something bad''
superstition, knows something will happen if mickey and edward stay near each other and friends, will find more peace and mind if they are very far away.
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mrs.Johnstone quotes
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'havin' babies, its like clockwork to me.'
its what she does easiest, hard to just stop, contrasts mrs.lyons who cant even have one nevermind mrs.johnstone has 7
'welfare'
people are checking on her to see if she can manage all her kids, disbelief, shows they think shes a bad mother and having more kids will really not look good and may even have them or others taken away from her
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'but when you're standing there, it all looks so nice'
viewing the life edward would get if she gave her a son and she likes the look of it and almost knows he will live a better life here than with her and his siblings, trying to see what is best for him
'they're a pair, they belong together'
trying to say that they cannot be separated and they will always find each other as they go together
'here's you wantin' to stay here an' heres me, ive been tryin' to get out for years'
she has been trying to get out of this area for ages and give her kids a better life whereas edward wants to stay as they are there and he loves them, doesnt want to be separated
'yeh. but keep it a secret, eh, eddie? just our secret, between you an' me.'
motherly bond as they are connecting and has small things that are just between them, hiding something from mrs.lyons, a memory of the short time they had together that keeping a secret means that mrs.lyons cannot take that away from them
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stage directions
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'sammy leaps in front of them, gun in hand pointed at them'
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narrator
'theres a pack been sealed, theres a deal been born'
the fate has been decided, the superstition made, what is done is done
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(as conductor) 'happy are y'? content at last? wiped out what happened, forgotten the past?'
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(as teacher) 'a locket? a locket. this is a boys school, lyons.'
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'theres a full moon shining and a joker in the pack, the dealers dealt the cards'
songs
easy tems
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'you never, ever'
constant struggle, will never get out of the class cycle
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linda quotes
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'mickey, we're fourteen '
'i suppose, i suppose i always... loved you in a way '
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'now, we're livin' on out own - you've got to start makin' an effort'
edward quotes
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'its just a secret, everybody has secrets, dont you have secrets?'
links to the secret of them being twins, adds tension to the plot, relateable?
'i love it when we're together, the three of us, dont you'
hints at his love for linda, had to clarify that it included mickey too not just linda and him
'ive got money, plenty of it '
social class, almost bragging, trying to help but mickey doesnt take it that way
'look look, money, lots of it, have some...(he tries to throw some notes into mickeys hands). '
showing how much the class difference is and links back to how mrs.lyons shoved money into mrs.johnstones hands so also sort of shows the way edward has become like mrs.lyons in more ways that we think.
'ive always loved you, you must have known that '
confession to linda, she would be able to jump the social class system which never happens
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sammy quotes
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'look at y', mickey. what have y' got? nothin', like me mam. where y' takin' y' tart for new year? nowhere.'
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plot
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Act 2:
tension grows as they get older, relationships form
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