choose a play in which there is a scene which there is a scene which provides a clear turning point...
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• Choose a play in which there is a scene which there is a scene which provides a clear turning point in the drama.
• Explain why it is a turning point and go on to discuss the importance of the scene to your appreciation of the text as a whole.
• T.A.R.T (title, author, refer to task)
• Relate back to the question.
• Use main words in the question in the intro.
• Show how Jenny has lived in poverty her whole life.
• She has never complained.
• Jenny always helps with the kids
• “ its no ma job tae keep your weans. Its yours”
• Also links to poverty and why Jenny wants to leave.
• Lives in the same house as her other five siblings and shares a bed with her granny, this is a life she doesn’t want.
• “ Wi Granny asider her, and Edie snoring wi her tonsils”
• Jenny decides to move out and escape poverty and earn her own money.
• “ when I leave this rotten pig-sty I’m no coming back”
• This creates tension. She wants to live her own life.
• Maggie is also angry at Jenny because she is leaving, she has given up her job which also effects Maggie as she cant get her left overs.
• “ I’ve had enough o ma waiting at the shop door every Friday closing time… asking for chipped apples and bashed tomatoes”
• Jenny gets embarrassed this is another reason for her leaving. This will effect Maggie and the poverty as she won’t have a lot of food to feed her children.
• John is angry as Jenny has left the whole family and doesn’t seem to think about the others in the family.
• “ The impidence o ye!”
• Shows how angry he is, he thinks Jenny is a whore as she will do no good when she leaves.
• T.A.R.T ( title, author, refer to task)
• Opinion
• Brief Summary of the theme of poverty in the play.