Characters Mark and Jan These characters act as the or narrators. They throw the audience directly into the ‘chorus’ action at the beginning of each Act and are useful as they fill in any blanks for us. Mark and Jan are responsible for the events surrounding the bullying of Adam that lead to him falling into the grille. From p20 23 we are given a detailed description of the events – that take place. Mark and Jan appear to be trying to justify their actions in this scene, Mark: We were having a laugh, weren’t we…’ (p20). This phrase is repeated several times. They also convince themselves that Adam is actually enjoying the bullying. Mark: Oh yeah, Adam he was laughing harder than anyone. (p21). Again, this word laughing is repeated throughout the scene. However, it is also punctuated with other words such as, out cigarettes’, him’, a ‘terrified’, ‘crying’, ‘stubbed ‘punch ‘pegged stone’.
Characters Mark and Jan These characters act as the ‘chorus’ or narrators. They throw the audience directly into the action at the beginning of each Act and are useful as they fill in any blanks for us. Mark and Jan are responsible for the events surrounding the bullying of Adam that lead to him falling into the grille. From p20 – 23 we are given a detailed description of the events that take place. Mark and Jan appear to be trying to justify their actions in this scene, Mark: We were having a laugh, weren’t we…’ (p20). This phrase is repeated several times. They also convince themselves that Adam is actually enjoying the bullying. Mark: Oh yeah, Adam he was laughing harder than anyone. (p21). Again, this word laughing is repeated throughout the scene. However, it is also punctuated with other words such as, ‘terrified’, ‘crying’, ‘stubbed out cigarettes’, ‘punch him’, ‘pegged a stone’.
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