When Edward has an affair with Linda she is the one to tell Mickey the truth, but she was only doing this to cause trouble. Development Other Information Once Mrs Johnstone has handed circumstances certainly haven’t over Edward, she no longer needs helped: she and her husband are her and cruelly discards her, unable to have children naturally manipulating her through preying and her husband spends long on her uneducated and periods at work away from home. superstitious mind. Tries to keep Edward away from overcome by anxieties and Mickey because she doesn’t want suspicions in later scenes, him with boys like that’ ‘mixing results of excessive loneliness and a "If either learns that they were once loveless life. a pair, they shall both immediately unreasonable and is possibly mad die," Mrs Lyons to Mrs Johnstone when she attacks Mrs Johnstone Mickey Johnstone Personality Role Friendly, excitable boy He is the twin that stays with Mrs Likes to play adventure games with Johnstone, the working class twin. others and sneak off to pull pranks. He Edward when he was 7 and Shy about his emotions both their parents want them to Feels the need to impress Sammy stay away from each other. He moves away as his family is being Likes Edward’s generosity and, in re-housed. turn, enjoys being able to show him He meets Edward again, gets new things "I could've been him." suspended from school, gets a job. Marries Linda who is pregnant, gets fired by Mr Lyons. Bribed by ends up in jail, gets addicted to anti-depressants, Mrs Lyons tells him about Edward & Linda (who are having an affair) Gets gun, misfires and shoots Sammy, the police shoot him. Development Other Information
When Edward has an affair with Linda she is the one to tell Mickey the truth, but she was only doing this to cause trouble. Development Other Information Once Mrs Johnstone has handed over Edward, she no longer needs her and cruelly discards her, manipulating her through preying on her uneducated and superstitious mind. overcome by anxieties and suspicions in later scenes, results of excessive loneliness and a loveless life. unreasonable and is possibly mad when she attacks Mrs Johnstone circumstances certainly haven’t helped: she and her husband are unable to have children naturally and her husband spends long periods at work away from home. Tries to keep Edward away from Mickey because she doesn’t want him ‘mixing with boys like that’ "If either learns that they were once a pair, they shall both immediately die," Mrs Lyons to Mrs Johnstone Mickey Johnstone Personality Role Friendly, excitable boy Likes to play adventure games with others and sneak off to pull pranks. Shy about his emotions Feels the need to impress Sammy Likes Edward’s generosity and, in turn, enjoys being able to show him new things "I could've been him." He is the twin that stays with Mrs Johnstone, the working class twin. He Edward when he was 7 and both their parents want them to stay away from each other. He moves away as his family is being re-housed. He meets Edward again, gets suspended from school, gets a job. Marries Linda who is pregnant, gets fired by Mr Lyons. Bribed by ends up in jail, gets addicted to anti-depressants, Mrs Lyons tells him about Edward & Linda (who are having an affair) Gets gun, misfires and shoots Sammy, the police shoot him. Development Other Information
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