https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/xlpn70jc5zr0 Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2016-11-27 21:16:39 UTC 2016-11-28 09:58:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/xlpn70jc5zr0/wish/140108668 At the beginning of the play, the narrator informs the audience about the ending of the play. The narrator's initial role in the play is to create suspense for the audience as they know what will happen, but not when it will happen. Another function of the narrator at the beginning is to make the audience question who he is talking about when he uses the rhetorical question "did y' never hear of the mother, so cruel, There's a stone in place of her heart?" The intention of this was to form an opinion from the audience about who the cruel mother actually is: Mrs Johnstone, Mrs Lyons or Linda, creating a divided opinion about how social class can affect their ability as a good parent.]]> 2016-11-28 09:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/xlpn70jc5zr0/wish/140108668 https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/xlpn70jc5zr0/wish/140110666 The Narrator repeatedly sings 'you know the devils got your number' in which consists of multiple superstitious acts to suggest the later concequences they must face. Alternatively, it presents an overview of the sins that have taken place ('shoes upon the table') and it allows the audience to acknowledge of the Narrators subconscious presence as he in-directly approaches/confronts Mrs Johnstone with  'you sold a son'. The repeated verse throughout the play is mostly aimed at Mrs Lyons to present her mental deterioration, in which Mrs Johnstones superstition is transferred over to Mrs Lyons as revenge due to her initially 'laughing' at a force that holds much more power than her in which Russell contradicts the idea of class being omnipotent.

]]> 2016-11-28 09:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/xlpn70jc5zr0/wish/140110666 https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/xlpn70jc5zr0/wish/140111729 The Narrator plays several roles throughout the play. All the characters the Narrator plays bring bad news; for instance the Milkman threatens to stop delivering milk for Mrs Johnstone as he uses repitition 'no money, no milk.' This creates a negative presence throughout to convey that Mrs Johnstone is trapped by the class divide because of her lack of money that secures her in the depths of poverty and the lowest ranks of social class. The effect of him playing four different roles suggests that he is powerful as he is always present but never in a good, positive way.]]> 2016-11-28 09:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/xlpn70jc5zr0/wish/140111729 https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/xlpn70jc5zr0/wish/140113285 The narrator constantly appears within the conversation between Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons to present an act of warning towards the deed that they're about to commit. 'How quickly an idea planted' not only foreshadows the ideas of Mrs Lyons but also emphasises his power due to having the ability to predict an event that hasn't yet occurred. Along side the prologue, the Narrator again informs the reader of later events in order for the audience to focus on their opinions of the characters rather than the events taking place. He uses the religious proper-noun 'Jesus'  to refer to the mistreatment of using such a holy relic in attempt to commit a crime which again foreshadows that the usage of power they cannot handle will return to haunt them -which can be reinforced by the  slow dismantlement of Mrs Lyons. ]]> 2016-11-28 09:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hackneyl1/xlpn70jc5zr0/wish/140113285