Blood Brothers After being separated at birth Micky and Edward were brought up in completely different environments

Even though they were split up destiny finally brought them together. The twins are brought together because of their nature. They meet by accident when they are seven years old and become very close right away. They feel so close they become "Blood Brothers". This is ironic because they already share the same blood because of their natures. At seven years old nature is more important than nerture. An example to support this view is the fact that they enjoy playing together. To do so they disobey their mothers. The twins first meet when Eddie offers Mickey a sweet. Mickey is amazed by this kind gesture. He did not hesitate to take one. Already nurture has made a slight difference at such a young age because Eddie has sweets and can afford to share which stuns Mickey because he has to keep all his sweets away from his family. The Johnston children do not get many sweets. The difference in society has made Eddie more generous than Mickey, but this is only because he has to chance to whereas Mickey has to saver his sweets.

Even though they had completely different upbringings they still got in to the same mischief. The twins experience a completely different reaction when they are shooting a window in the park and get caught by the policewoman. The policewoman tells Mickeys mother that the act was a "serious crime" whereas Eddies mother was just told it was "just a prank really". This is an immense difference. This was a social prejudice because they were brought up in different circumstances. Willy Russel said that it was like a tennis match were he went from one scene to another he only did this once in the play because this would make it more affective.

I think that everyone plays apart in the death of both Micky and Edward. Mrs Johnston because she should not have given up her child in the first place Mrs Lyons for telling Micky that Edward was cheating with Edward. Sammy's fault for getting Micky in to the trouble with the shooting and getting him sent to prison. Edwards fault for kissing Linda in the first place but I think Edward plays the main part in the death of both of them because he is the one who went running round with the gun and threatened to kill Mickey.

Due to the different environments that they grew up in, Eddie is ensured a successful career, because he had money to go to university and would improve his father's factory when he died. On the other hand, Mickey was almost guaranteed to get a low paid job with long hours because of his deprived environment. Eddie has always been naive throughout the play and has not experienced many difficulties whereas Mickey has always been underprivileged money and unable to have the chance to go to university. The High unemployment rate also played a part in Mickey's life long struggle even when he got out of prison and planned to get his life sorted out he was knocked back down by the unemployment and when he did get a job it was given to him by Edward and this is what might of pushed him over the edge.