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How does Willy Russell create dramatic tension in the cliff scene of “our day out?”

The play ’Our Day Out’ written by Willy Russell is about a progress class from the heart of Liverpool that go on a trip to Conway Castle in Wales.

Mr Briggs and Carol are involved in the cliff scene. The cliff scene is about Carol sneaking away from the others to the cliff, she is later found by Mr Briggs. Carol threatens to jump off the cliff so that she can stay in Wales and not go back to Liverpool.

Willy Russell may have written this play to show how schools are in Liverpool. The message that Willy Russell is trying to convey is that the progress classes in Liverpool are not going to get very far in life; the teachers that teach them also believe this and have no hope in them except Mr Briggs.

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The essay question is, how does Willy Russell create dramatic tension in the cliff scene of “our day out”? In this essay I will be writing about Mr Briggs, carol and the stage directions.

Mr Briggs’s personality is very brutal and he is a very arrogant man. “Right, McNally, go and sit at the back.” In this quote Briggs is ordering an innocent boy to go and sit at the back, in a rude way. This quote shows that Mr Briggs is an impatient man.

Mr Briggs tone of voice in the beginning of the cliff scene ...

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