Throughout 'Road' Scullery's has many soliloquies in which he uses naturalistic, colloquial language.

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Michael Lee

Road - Element 2

Throughout 'Road' Scullery's has many soliloquies in which he uses naturalistic, colloquial language. Scullery is guiding the audience through the road. He is narrating to the audience but in very conversational tone. He is almost 'pally' with the audience, 'Let me help you get your bearings'. This involves the audience, it brings them into the play and makes them feel included. Cartwright uses this throughout 'Road' and many of his other works. The language is oversimplified rather than complex. There are not many attempts by Scullery to use complex sentences.

All of Scullery's speeches are quite long in length and are sometimes broken up by interruptions from other characters. The sentences of the speech are quite long but broken up using commas. When Scullery is explaining who lives where, he gives the information in terms of a list. The vocabulary is not very varied, there is quite a bit of swearing. The use of the word 'fucking' is quite regular throughout the passage.

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The language is very colloquial with a north-western dialect. Many of the phrases used are very well known in the north of England. For instance 'what's-'is-name', which is widely used throughout the north. If the play were put on in the north this would make the audience feel at home and at ease because they are used to this type of phrase. The dialogue is believable and realistic for someone like Scullery.

The idea of Scullery is a link between the scenes, he is always there and everybody knows him. This comes across in the way that ...

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