A Taste of Honey

but then again, he may…” here she gave the impression that he may not be back. In this case he left her pregnant as well which just adds to Jo’s problems. At the beginning of the play all Jo could think about is the condition of the flat and Jo’s first words were “And I don’t like it” as Helen said, “Well this is the place.” At the beginning their opinions of the flat are very different as Helen tries to see the better side as Jo just keeps on criticising the flat, which in way brings them closer together rather than further apart, they just need to respect each other more. Jo is really serious about her thoughts of the flat whereas Helen is trying to look at the good side although she knows its horrible and even gives into Jo later and says, “It is a bit of a mess isn’t it.” The author uses Helens cold to revel Helens character by the words that she uses like “Its running like a tap” she says about her nose. Both characters rely on men to get affection as they don’t really get it from each other. Helen does care about Jo’s future as she shows when she discovers the drawings that Jo had drawn; she says, “I didn’t realize I had such a talented daughter.” As Peter enters Helens reaction is an unwelcoming one, and she even says, “Look what the winds blown in.” Helen wants Jo to go away now that Peter had entered and she said to Jo “Turn yourself into a bloody termite and crawl into the wall or something.” The first impressions of peter are that he’s very arrogant and he treats Jo like a slave as he is telling her what to do as soon as he walked through the door. Jo’s behaviour tells us that she doesn’t like Peter. Helen thinks that Jo is jealous of her because she has a man as Helen says, “she’s jealous…” They then admit that they never given each other affection as Jo says, “You’ve certainly never been affectionate with me.” Act two, scene one. Jo suspects that Geoff wants to move in as he said, “Isn’t this place a bit big for one Jo?” but I think Jo wants Geoff to move in as she invites him to stay the night. Jo later denies the fact she wants marriage as Geoff asked, “You want taking in hand” an she replied with, “no, thanks” even though she’s been asked. When Jo told Geoff about the baby he kept asking questions like, “how are you going to manage then” he says this to suggest that he wants to help. Jo has changed since the start of the play as she is beginning to let some of her feelings out to Geoff. When Helen came back she called the flat “the same old miserable hole” despite at the beginning of the play she said it was good.