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This is where most of the heroin use shown takes place
- Here it's normalised: it seems a normal part of life

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Begbie in the bar before starting a fight

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Begbie in the bar before starting a fight

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Spud on the train to London to make the heroin deal

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Spud on the train to London to make the heroin deal

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Renton in the nightclub scene where he meets Diane

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Renton in the nightclub scene where he meets Diane

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- Renton's family: parents care for him, but don't understand how to help him; treat him like a child, showing his immaturity - the bedroom is still like a child's.
- His mother is a "socially acceptable addict" of Valium - shows growing medication trend to cope with daily life

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- Brings attention to the dead baby
- Not an important character

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- Innocent
- Seen as the nice one in the group
- Comedic relief

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- Becomes more involved in illicit activity throughout the film: becomes a pimp, involved in more drug deals
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- Independent
- Deceiving as tricks Renton into sleeping with her when she's a school girl
- The film portrays her as a problem for Renton to begin with however gets brushed over fast and isn't an issue by the end.

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- Strong/powerful
- Has power over rest of group
- Angry/violent
- Typical male image, aggressive mascunity
- Hypocritical: preaches about not having an addiction but smokes & drinks

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- Main character: narration, focus on him
- Wants to get out of the heroin lifestyle but keeps getting drawn back into it
- Not a nice character but audience are drawn to like him through his narration; he explains his reasoning's and plays it off like they don't matter
- Frequent use of washed-out lighting, makes him look more unhealthy & pale due to heroin use

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- Begins as a typical guy, not an addict like the others - the most successful out of all of them
- Starts using after his breakup, becomes obsessed with his ex
- Gets HIV as a result of his addiction (sharing needles), dies from a stroke due to his AIDS: represents the AIDs crisis part of history & the fear around HIV
- Irony: Renton is clean & he isn't, despite Renton getting him into drugs - also he is dying while Renton is recovering from addiction & looking healthier than at any other point during the film.