https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/b2k4ejk13d77 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2016-11-27 21:30:15 UTC 2016-11-28 10:07:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/b2k4ejk13d77/wish/140110819 Throughout the play of Blood Brothers, Russell presents The Narrator as the characters' guilty consciences. The Narrator is frequently responsible for bringing unfortunate news during the play, and Russell choses to portray him like this to reinforce the idea of fate and superstition. Russell continuously uses the superstition "The Devil's got your number" to imply that Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons will always have the haunting presence of guilt hovering over them, as they are doomed to face the consequences of their actions. The noun "Devil"  has negative connotations such as suffering and death, and Russell uses "Devil" to symbolize fate and foreshadow the end of the play.

In the first scene, Russell creates a sense of superstition throughout the conversation of Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone, by using the superstition "shoes upon the table".  This creates a negative mood and atmosphere, and reinforces the fact that from the very beginning of the play, the ending was always planned out, due to fate. Also, although Mrs Lyons is not superstitious, she uses it  to manipulate Mrs Johnstone and ultimately force her to keep their deal/secret. ]]> 2016-11-28 09:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/b2k4ejk13d77/wish/140110819 https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/b2k4ejk13d77/wish/140115591 Russell presents the quote "you sold a son" at the end of the conservation between Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons. He does this to emphasis his role of the guity conscience. Although Mrs Johnstone is trying to make a positive out of selling her son and thinks it will be the best for him, the narrator forces her and pushes it upon her to believe that she is committing a sin to make her feel guilty. The word "sold" emphasises that Mrs Johntone's action is a crime, and that she believes her son is just an object that she can give away in return for a stable life for her and her family.]]> 2016-11-28 09:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/b2k4ejk13d77/wish/140115591