Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Dual Characterisation
- Gar Public
- Uncommunicative
- Couldn't ask Senator Doogan for permission to marry Kate
- Cannot communicate with SB
- silence
- Finds it easier to communicate with the
women in his life such as Madge and Kate
- structure
- Represses emotions
- Will not show his sadness to SB or Madge, covers
it up with enthusiasm for leaving
- music - Philadelphia here I come
- Hides insecurity by becoming defensive
- tone
- Immature
- Unrealistic expectations of life in America
- repetition
- Impractical plans for him and Kate
- Gar Private
- Childish
- Playful character, shown through accent and stage directions
- Plays with Madge and is shown to be a mischievous character
- stage directions
- characterisation
- Confident
- More sure of himself than Public
- A mocking character
- tone
- humour
- More entertaining than Public
- Mocks Public and creates humour through irony and stage directions
- Idealistim and Escapism
- Both create imaginary scenes eg. "Abandon ships! Make for the lifeboats!"
- excitable tone
- Conveys what he believes the US to be like
- "The biggest chain of the biggest hotels in the world"
- repetition
- This is a coping mechanism for his dissatisfaction with his
current life in Ballybeg