Blood Brothers-What is the importance of Linda as a whole.

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‘What is the importance of Linda in the play as a whole?’

This essay is based on the importance of Linda and her role in Blood Brothers as a whole.  

Linda has a very vital role in this play as she is part of the two main characters Mickey and

Edward’s dream. At the beginning of the musical Linda wasn’t shown much as she was a

minor character at that moment, however during the middle Willy Russell brought her in as

an important role that had to be introduced for the two dreams to take place. Linda is also a

very vital character in this musical because she is the major cause of Mickey and Edward’s

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death, and Linda is also the link loved by both men.

This musical was set in the 1950-1960s, one of the reasons why Willy Russell wrote this  

musical, was to show the contrast between a working class woman and a rich woman, he

cared very much about the woman rights and Willy Russell used this musical to support his  

belief. Linda was one of those whom to be a working class woman, she is portrayed a poor,  

uneducated and a hard working woman. Willy Russell invites us to judge Linda ...

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