At the beginning of the play Blood Brothers, the narrator introduces Mrs Johnstone as �The mother so cruel� is this an accurate description of her?
Blood brothers is a play about two twin brothers, Mickey and Edward who are separated at birth, due to the fact their mother, �Mrs Johnstone� can�t financially and physically cope with looking after both children and both ending up growing up in completely backgrounds; one a quite privileged background and the other a poor upbringing. In the beginning of the play the mother of Mickey, Mrs Johnstone is described as �a mother so cruel�, in a way she is cruel. However is this description an accurate description of her?
This is an accurate description in a way, because she gave away one of her twin children, which can be seen as horrible thing to do, because no matter what circumstances, someone is in, they should never give away one of their children if the truly �love them�. She is also cruel, because she is betraying both of her sons in a way, not only Mickey, because she is lying to them and not telling them that they have twin brothers. Also, the fact she won�t even let Mickey play with Edward or go near the �big houses� is cruel, because they should surely be allowed to be friends and going near big houses isn�t going to be unsafe for Mickey.