Setting (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Setting: period & location
Setting: period & location
1930s Glasgow East End
Economic context of 1930s
Economic context of 1930s
Depression - severe hardship & mass unemployment
Morrison family housing type
Morrison family housing type
Cramped tenement housing
Number in Morrison family
Number in Morrison family
Nine members
Why Bertie's TB untreated
Why Bertie's TB untreated
No NHS - families couldn't afford medicines
Physical state of Morrison home
Physical state of Morrison home
Untidy & chaotic - nappies hang on strings
Double meaning of 'Maggie's muddle'
Double meaning of 'Maggie's muddle'
Physical disorder & chaotic nature of her life
Why setting improves in Act III
Why setting improves in Act III
John finds work - allows cleaning & tidying
Positive of tenement community
Positive of tenement community
Strong community - neighbours help those in distress
Negative of tenement community
Negative of tenement community
No privacy - gossip spreads quickly