Theme: Poverty (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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3 ways Stewart presents poverty in the play
3 ways Stewart presents poverty in the play
Physical setting, stage directions, dialogue
Effect of stage set on characters
Effect of stage set on characters
Creates confined space; they appear trapped
What Edie lacks showing poverty's depth
What Edie lacks showing poverty's depth
Knickers; only has hand-me-down clothes
Scottish term 'midden' means
Scottish term 'midden' means
Rubbish heap or dunghill
Jenny's repeated word emphasising house decay
Jenny's repeated word emphasising house decay
Rotten
'Midden looking oot on ither middens' suggests
'Midden looking oot on ither middens' suggests
Community of poverty; no escape visible
John's role he cannot fulfill
John's role he cannot fulfill
Breadwinner for the family
John's repeated 'If! If!' reveals
John's repeated 'If! If!' reveals
His powerlessness and frustration
What poverty turns John into (his words)
What poverty turns John into (his words)
A wild animal
John's 'an idea' phrase suggests about his authority
John's 'an idea' phrase suggests about his authority
It was never real or solid