Zusammenfassung der Ressource
DNA
- Key Themes
- Relationships
- Power
- Conflict
- Status
- Morality
- Violence
- Humanity
- Characters
- Leah
- Phil
- Power
- Natural Leader: calm,
respected, full sentences, well
thought out, people listen to
- Phil takes control when
asked but doesn't fight for it
- Conflict
- Doesn't accept challenge,
ignores it or threatens
- Use of strong
harsh language
- Violence
- Delegates - no
personal act of violence
- He is only
indirectly involved
- Development
- Outsider
- Gains control from
J.T, Leah and RIchard
- Language is progressively
more aggressive
- Ends silent,
no control
- Characterisation
- Quiet
- Constantly eats
- Thought of as intelligent by others,
J.T "Cathy says you're clever"
- Listens
- Relationship
- Leah: appears one-sided - Leah trying to
get his attention, however when Leah leaves
- gives sweet/hugs her/"Leah? Leah?"
- John Tate
- Richard
- Adam
- Jan and Mark
- Role/Purpose
- To inform how Adam died
- They introduce each act
in the first scene by giving
hints of theme/facts
- Act 1 "Dead" - Adam
- Act 2 "He's not going" - Brian
about the police station
- Act 3 "Cathy found him in the woods" - Finding Adam
- Act 4 "She's gone" - Leah leaves
- Set up as a mystery to
engage the audience
- Cathy
- Pg 17 "he's on Richard's side"
- Creates more drama w/ sides
- Creates conflict for others
- Constant prodding
- Pg 18, backfires "What are you on
about Cathy?" "I'm-" Interrupted/hesitant
- Pg 16 "better than ordinary life"
- Loves drama
- Describing Adam's situation
- Group gets
attention
- Exciting
- I'm not saying it's a good thing, but
in a way it is" change from mundane
- Pg 36 "It was great" "get on telly"
- Loves attention
- Escapism from
boredom of suburbs
- Narrating her own experience
- No interaction
- Pg 38 "We showed... initiative, we-"
- Lack of power through
hesitatioin and interuption
- "We" tries to share blame
- Asks Richard for validation
- Hesitation shows questioning
of her choice of actions
- "They stare at her" stage power
- Pg 50 "I used violence" - "she
did" "she loves violence now"
- Beginning to copy past behaviours of J.T. and Phil
- Takes responsibility -
no longer apologising
- "gouge one of his eyes out"
- more realistic, confident
and violent than J.T.
- Pg 56 "If you don't shut up, you'll be dead"
- Calm tone like Phil - no shouting
- No arguements
- More aggressive
language than Phil
- Plosives 'd,sh,t,b"
more aggressive
- Pg 58 Gains power from Phil
- "Yeah, I do." ruining
Adam and Brian - dead
and mental respectively
- Phil knows she'll kill Adam
as she loves violence
- Simple language in which she accepts
responsibility for Adam and Brian
- Tone - calm/ matter of fact
- not questioning/querying
- Danny
- Brian
- Pg 24 "wha.. what?"
- Hesitation - uncomfortable /
shows he has no power to reject
- Low status
in group
- Knows Phil's
plan is wrong
- Fear of going to police station and lying
- Confusion/shock - doesn't
understand why or where from
- Characterisation
- Unstable
- Emotional - Crying
- Sensitive
- Innocent
- Symbolises moral choice
- Reminds the audience how Adam
might have been within the group
- Moral Representative
- Pg 19 "I think we
should tell someone"
- Independent
- separated
from group
by viewpoint
- Response -
"J.T. begins
to walk to
walk towards
Brian"
threatening
- Pg 39 "I'm crying because I'm
lying and I feel terrible inside"
- Pg 59 "It's all gone dark"
- Literal - Bag over head
- Metaphorically - finding Adam wasn't
the happy ending he expected
- "darkness" is the approaching death of Adam
- Shows on stage what is about to be done to Adam
- Pg 59 "I love experiments! Will there be fire?"
- Show immorality of
group's actions
- Suggests they should suffer for their sins (Hell)
- Pg 39 "I'm not going to the police station"
- Shows strength - argues /
stands up to Phil + Jan/Mark
- Repeated use of negatives -
asserted moral response
- Pg 40 "No"
- Solid/ unquestionable - no hesitation
- Authoritative "No, Phil -" Phil interrupts
him - doesn't allow for completion
- Pg 49 Has become erratic since assertive "No" in Act 2
- Repetition of "I found him" trying to reassert his
role in the group - trying to do something right
- Doesn't appear to have
control over his words
- "a hedge, I found him, I found him, I found
Adam living in a hedge, I found him"
- Shows diminishing sanity - could be panicking
- Could be excited -
Adam's not dead!
- Pg 40 "giggling" in
stage directions
- Loss of control
- Nerves
- Excitement
- Pg 56 "I love this!
This is great! Mates!"
- Tone (!) - excited
/ shouted /
overstimulated
- No matter what they say, he just wants
friends and lets it happen (just like Adam)