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Mind Map by Louise Webber, updated more than 1 year ago
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Sailmaker quotes + analysis
- "Ah've got a bit of
bad news for ye
son...Yer mammy's
dead"
- Father + son
relationships: Davie
is blunt in the way
he speaks to Alec -
there is no attempt
to comfort/ soften
the blow of his
mother's death.
- Father + son
relationships: Davie
is blunt in the way
he speaks to Alec -
there is no attempt
to comfort/ soften
the blow of his
mother's death.
- "two notes on
mouth organ."
- Music: Choice of
instument has
connotations of the
blues tradition, which
reflects atmosphere of
grief to show it is a
depressing scene.
- Music: Choice of
instument has
connotations of the
blues tradition, which
reflects atmosphere of
grief to show it is a
depressing scene.
- "You've been
drinkin, ah can
smell it"
- Father+son relationships:
Davie turns to drink to
escape from his
problems. however this
negatively impacts his
relationship with Alec as
Alec is increasingly
becoming more
disappointed in him.
- Father+son relationships:
Davie turns to drink to
escape from his
problems. however this
negatively impacts his
relationship with Alec as
Alec is increasingly
becoming more
disappointed in him.
- "Take this line to
the bookie"
- Davie turns to
gambling in hope of
money.
- Davie turns to
gambling in hope of
money.
- "Right wee
religious
fanatic these
days eh?"
- Alec begins
to show
interest in
religion.
- Alec begins
to show
interest in
religion.
- "Just... drifted away
from it"
- Davie tells Alec of what
happened with him and
religion. Sums up Davie doesn't
stick to anything.
- Davie tells Alec of what
happened with him and
religion. Sums up Davie doesn't
stick to anything.
- "It was good to feel
good"
- Alec is talking about religion. Found
something that makes him happy.
- Alec is talking about religion. Found
something that makes him happy.
- "Did you
gamble wi
that bursary
money?"
- Davie's addiction is out
of control. They have no
food or electricity and
he spends Alec's money
on gambling
- Davie's addiction is out
of control. They have no
food or electricity and
he spends Alec's money
on gambling
- "Cannae burn a
hymnbook"
- Alec wants to burn it but Davie thinks it
is wrong. Shows Alec is only in religion
for the facts and security.
- Alec wants to burn it but Davie thinks it
is wrong. Shows Alec is only in religion
for the facts and security.
- "The sun shone
on the grey
tenemants."
- Setting: Shows play is set in poor area
- Setting: Shows play is set in poor area
- "I cried and a
numbness
came over
me"
- Grief+loss: Alec is
trying to deal with
his grief over his
mother's death
unlike Davie.
- Grief+loss: Alec is
trying to deal with
his grief over his
mother's death
unlike Davie.
- "And the yacht had a
sail of flame."
- The yacht is a symbol of Alec
and Davies relationship. Both
are willing to accept
relationship is the way it is ad
they are both willing to move
on, and so they burn the yacht.
- The yacht is a symbol of Alec
and Davies relationship. Both
are willing to accept
relationship is the way it is ad
they are both willing to move
on, and so they burn the yacht.
- "Can ye no talk
tae me these
days?"
- Father + son relationships:
Davie is upset because of
the lack of communication
between him and Alec
- Father + son relationships:
Davie is upset because of
the lack of communication
between him and Alec
- "As long as ye keep
moving it doesnae hit ye"
- Greif: Davie tries to divert his
feelings of greif into keeping busy.
However because of this he never
really gets over the death of his
wife because he hasn't had time to
deal with it.
- Greif: Davie tries to divert his
feelings of greif into keeping busy.
However because of this he never
really gets over the death of his
wife because he hasn't had time to
deal with it.
- "Naebody knows
unless they've been
through it"
- Grief+loss: Davie admits to
Billie that he is struggling
with his grief. This
highlights the isolating
nature of grief for Alec and
Davie.
- Grief+loss: Davie admits to
Billie that he is struggling
with his grief. This
highlights the isolating
nature of grief for Alec and
Davie.
- D: "Ah'm
gonnae fix
it up when
ah've got
the time."
A: "Ye've
been
saying that
for weeks"
- Grief+loss/Father+son
relationships: Davies
sense of self motivation
has been affected by
his grief, demonstrated
by his failure to work
on Alec's yacht. this
negatively impacts on
his relationship with his
son as he has
continued to let him
down.
- Grief+loss/Father+son
relationships: Davies
sense of self motivation
has been affected by
his grief, demonstrated
by his failure to work
on Alec's yacht. this
negatively impacts on
his relationship with his
son as he has
continued to let him
down.
- "He's no very
good at
cooking"
- Father+son relationships:
indicates that alec is
being neglectyed as Davie
isn't trying to look after
his son therefore they are
living off the chip shop
which isn't healthy.
- Father+son relationships:
indicates that alec is
being neglectyed as Davie
isn't trying to look after
his son therefore they are
living off the chip shop
which isn't healthy.
- "We're livin like bloody
steptoe an son."
- Setting: Alec expresses his
feelings of the way they're
living, it is very dirty and
messy- steptoe and son lived
in a junkyard
- Setting: Alec expresses his
feelings of the way they're
living, it is very dirty and
messy- steptoe and son lived
in a junkyard
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