The structure of the play ( bloodbrothers

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Structure of the play

Setting the scene

At the start of the play , w see the end of the play , a flash back, although at this point we do not know its the end , all we see is 2 men dead on the floor and a very mysterious and creepy music can be heard , leaving the  audience wondering what is going on. Then we learn of what is going on as the narrator recites a passage that we here a few times in the play “As like each other as two new pins, of one womb born on the self same day, how one was kept and one given away?  An did you never hear how the Johnston’s died, never knowing that they shared one name till the day they died, when a mother cried, my own dear sons lie slain” this passage tells the audience what’s happening and gives away the plot, but it doesn’t ruin it for the audience as there is still information they do not know for example, how did they die? Why did they not know they were brothers?  And lots more questions, causing them to be more indulged in the play.

Complication

The complication in the play is when Mrs. Johnstone is forced to give up one of her sons to Mrs. Lyons to avoid losing them both to social services or going into so much debt that she just couldn’t look after them. If this part of the play didn’t happen, there really would be no play as it would mean Eddie and Mickey wouldn’t have to meet and they would never become blood brothers, Eddie wouldn’t go to university because he wouldn’t of been able to afford it and Eddie wouldn’t of had the good job and been able to give Linda money later on in the play and give Mickey a job.                                                                

Rising action

Other small complications in the play that are added in to make it more interesting and add more action are important to the play also. The love triangle between Mickey, Eddie and Linda, without this part of the play Linda wouldn’t have cheated on Mickey causing Mickey to get jealous and seek out Eddie to kill him at the end of the play. But another complication which was vital and the reason that Linda cheated was Sammie shooting the man and Mickey going to prison for it , if this didn’t happen Mickey wouldn’t of got depressed had to take his Tablets , he wouldn’t of slowly pushed Linda away, and as I said , Linda wouldn’t have cheated.          

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Climax

The climax of the play is obviously the end sequence which starts with Mrs Lyons who at this point in the play has become a paranoid wreck showing/telling Mickey that Edward and Linda are together, This is a catalyst for the ending everything in the play after this point speeds up (the music, the speech the movement) Mickey is outraged by what he now knows about his wife and Ex best friend so he runs home finds the gun that Sammie used to shoot the man earlier in the play and goes in search of Eddie , during this ...

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