Literature: Paper 2

Everybody has secrets, don’t you have secrets? Who said it? Key moment? Themes? Characters? Blood Brothers Superstition Class Fate Friendship Family Love Growing up Nature vs Nurture Guilt Lies/Deception Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons Mickey Eddie Linda Narrator Everybody has secrets, don’t you have secrets?

I curse you witch Who said it? Key moment? Themes? Characters? Blood Brothers Superstition Class Fate Friendship Family Love Growing up Nature vs Nurture Guilt Lies/Deception Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons Mickey Eddie Linda Narrator I curse you witch

Who said it? Key moment? Themes? Characters? Blood Brothers Superstition Class Fate Friendship Family Love Growing up Nature vs Nurture Guilt Lies/Deception Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons Mickey Eddie Linda Narrator An’ did you never hear of the mother so cruel, There’s a stone in place of her heart

Living on the never never, Constant as the changing weather Who said it? Key moment? Themes? Characters? Blood Brothers Superstition Class Fate Friendship Family Love Growing up Nature vs Nurture Guilt Lies/Deception Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons Mickey Eddie Linda Narrator Living on the never never, Constant as the changing weather

Why didn’t you give me away! I could have been…I could have been him! Who said it? Key moment? Themes? Characters? Blood Brothers Superstition Class Fate Friendship Family Love Growing up Nature vs Nurture Guilt Lies/Deception Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons Mickey Eddie Linda Narrator Why didn’t you give me away! I could have been…I could have been him!

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Poetry Power Conflict Anger Time War Nature Powerful people Macbeth Supernatural Heroism Mental health/insanity Masculinity Gender Fate Violence Death Power Fear Appearance vs Reality Good vs Evil Lies/Deception Lady Macbeth The Witches A Christmas Carol Poverty Class Family Death Christmas Fear Money and Greed Redemption Childhood The Supernatural Time Victorian Society Scrooge The Crachits The 4 Ghosts Blood Brothers Superstition Class Fate Friendship Family Love Growing up Nature vs Nurture Guilt Lies/Deception Mrs Johnstone Mrs Lyons Mickey Eddie Linda Narrator Poetry Power Conflict Anger Time War Nature Powerful people Human Emotion Memories Identity

Blood Brothers Who’d dare tell the lambs in Spring what fate the later seasons bring? I will always defend my Brother! Go home before the bogey man gets y’ Everybody has secrets, don’t you have secrets? I curse you witch Why didn’t you give me away! I could have been…I could have been him! You know the Devil’s got your number Just another sign of the times Tell me it’s not true. Say its just a story. You can take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut An’ did you never hear of the mother so cruel, There’s a stone in place of her heart No more Dancing I need the Milk. I am Pregnant A debt is a debt and must be paid His mind’s gone dancing But you know that if you cross your fingers Living on the never never, Constant as the changing weather Pissed off! You say smashing things That’s why I take them. So I can be invisible.

How does Russell use the characters of Mickey and Eddie in Blood Brothers to explore ideas about Fate? Write about: Examples of each character’s fate. How Russell presents these fates in the play. Destiny Fortune Outcome 5 Minute Essay Plan Ideas Characters Key Moments Quotes Context

How does Russell use the characters of Mickey and Eddie in Blood Brothers to explore ideas about Fate? Russell uses the character of Mickey to present the idea that fate is decided by your class and social situation. He does this with Mickey’s seemingly inevitable decent into madness and addiction towards the end of the play, “That’s why I take them, so I can be invisible.” Russell uses the metaphor ‘invisible’ to emphasise that Mickey feels worthless and wants to hide away because of his shame. He has accepted his fate as an unemployed lower class male, with the character being Russell’s depiction of the thousands of unemployed young men that populated Britain in the 1980s due to the closure of industry. Mickey is fully aware that class has controlled his fate, ‘Why didn’t you give me away!’ The exclamation suggesting Mickey’s anger at being trapped by his class unlike his brother and wishing he had the same opportunities. The reader will sympathise with Mickey who has had a difficult life, but they may also question why the character doesn’t have more courage to break out of his class. Russell uses the character successfully to develop the idea that a person’s fate is decided by many other factors, including class.

Compare the ways poets present Fear at War in Bayonet Charge and one other poem from ‘Power and Conflict.’ 5 Minute Essay Plan Comparison Ideas MITSL Quotes Context

The Health Food Diner No sprouted wheat and soya shoots And Brussels in a cake, Carrot straw and spinach raw, (Today, I need a steak). Not thick brown rice and rice pilaw Or mushrooms creamed on toast, Turnips mashed and parsnips hashed, (I'm dreaming of a roast). Health-food folks around the world Are thinned by anxious zeal, They look for help in seafood kelp (I count on breaded veal). No smoking signs, raw mustard greens, Zucchini by the ton, Uncooked kale and bodies frail Are sure to make me run to Loins of pork and chicken thighs And standing rib, so prime, Pork chops brown and fresh ground round (I crave them all the time). Irish stews and boiled corned beef and hot dogs by the scores, or any place that saves a space For smoking carnivores. Maya Angelou In ‘The Health Food Diner,’ how does the poet present ideas about food? 5 Minute Essay Plan Ideas MITSL Quotes Evaluation