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A N D S O W E E N D U S NST AGAI THE WORL D And if we could float away Fly up to the surface and just start again Lift off before trouble just erodes us in the rain Just erodes us in the rain Just erodes us and see roses in the rain

SLIDE 1 And if we could float away Fly up to the surface and just start again Lift off before trouble just erodes us in the rain Just erodes us in the rain Just erodes us and see roses in the rain saying ! Slow it down Through chaos as it swirls It’s us against the world A N D S O W E E N D

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SLIDE 3 T H E P L A Y P R E S E N T S A W O R L D O F

loyalties

H O W F A R D O Y O U A G R E E W I T H T H I S C O M M E N T ?

divided

SLIDE 4 C O N C E R N - T R I G G E R

Society

Family

RESPONSIBILITY TO L O Y A L T Y T O W H A T D O ‘ D I VI D E D L O Y AL TIES ’ REFER TO ?

SLIDE 5 C H R I S U N R E L I A B L E ? U N D E C I D E D ? D I V I D E D ? R E F E R T O A P P E N D I X A N N C H O I C E I S M A D E S E L F O V E R F A M I L Y ! J I M C O M P R O M I S E R E A L I S M

SLIDE 6 C H R I S - J O E K E L L E R C H R I S - K A T E K E L L E R S O C I E T Y - F A M I L Y I D E A L I S M - P R A G M A T I S M

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loyalties

E S S A Y S T R U C T U R E I N T R O D U C T I O N + T H E S I S C H R I S A S ‘ D I V I D E D ’ I N D I V I D U A L ‘ D I V I D E D ’ R E L A T I O N S H I P S R E S O L U T I O N T O ‘ D I V I S I O N S ’

divided

SLIDE 8 I N T R O D U C T I O N

all my sons

A P L A Y O F M O R A L C O N S C I E N C E

contradiction

B U T I S I T D I D A C T I C , S I M P L I S T I C ?

conflict

N O , I T I S C O M P L E X . C H R I S ’ S M O R A L I D E A L S W I T H E R . A F A M I L Y C O L L I D E S .tragedy L E A D S U S T O Q U E S T I O N O U R C A N W E B E R E S P O N S I B L E O R D O W E V A L U E T O A W H O L E U N I V E R S E ? O U R O W N ‘ S O N S ’ F I R S T ? THE

loyalties

SLIDE 9 S K I L L

RELEVANCE

PAY ATTENTION TO HOW WE REPEAT THE IDEA AND EFFECT OF ‘DIVIDED’ THESE WORDS HAVE BEEN ITALICISED

SLIDE 10 T H E I D E A L I S T

contrasts

IN CHRIS’S LOYALTIES

SLIDE 11 T H E I D E A L I S T

contrasts

IN CHRIS’S LOYALTIES

responsibility

TO N E SPEAK S RESO UNDINGLY A N D EXALTED LY OF HIS COMRADES’ SE L F L E SS N E SS / ‘LOV E ’ L A N G U A G E S H A M E A S S O C I AT E D W I T H M O N E Y: ‘ L O O T ’ , ‘ B L O O D ’ , ’A S H A M E D ’ , ’ W R O N G ’

man for man

SLIDE 12 T H E I D E A L I S T

contrasts

IN CHRIS’S LOYALTIES

new family

SYN TA X H I S S E L F -C E N T R E D N E SS I S S E E N I N T H E FOC U S ON ‘I ’, ‘I WA N T ’, ‘I ’M GOI N G TO’ L A N G U A G E P R O M I S E T O ‘ M A K E A F O R T U N E ’

F R O M S H A M E T O P R I D E ?

ann and a

SLIDE 13 Y E L L O W

guilt

! O F PROTECTIN G HIS FATHER REPE T IT IO N O F ‘YEL LOW’ S ENSE O F EMOT I ONAL TURMOI L BE S TI AL I M AG E RY A M A R K O F S E L F -D I S G U S T RH ETO RI CA L Q U ES T I O NS C H R I S I S TOR N B ETW EEN HI S PR I N C I PLES & HI S FATHER R ACK ED W IT H T H E

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CHRIS. What? Do I raise the dead when I

put him behind bars? Tien what I’ll do it for? […] But here? Tiis is the land of the great big dogs, you don’t love a man here, you eat him. […] Tie world’s that way, how can I take it out on him? What sense does that make? Tiis is a zoo, a zoo!

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ANALYSIS

IT’S NOT DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT THE ‘HOW’. FOCUS ON PATTERNS, TONE AND ACTION. METHODS AND EFFECTS ARE UNDERLINED S K I L L

SLIDE 16 U P I N F L A M E S

the kellers

cl

social

relations familial

relations

LA N GU AGE OF IDE AL I SM ! ‘RES PONSI BI L I T Y ’ ‘FO R EAC H OT HER ’ ‘ BET T ER’ L AN G U AG E OF FAM I LI AL DU T Y ! ‘N OTHIN ’ IS B IGGER ’ ‘I D ID IT FOR YOU ’ ‘A DAUGHTE R IS A DAUGHTE R’ IN DISCOURSE

ash

SLIDE 17 STAGE DIRECTIONS CONVEY U P I N F L A M E S D E A D LY UNY I E L D I NG HO RRI F IED VOICE CRACKING

SLIDE 18 P R EDATO R A N D P REY T H E I R M OV E M E N TS A R E THO SE O F SU BTLE P U R S U I T A N D E S CA P E. K ELLER K EEP S A STEP OU T OF C H R I S'S R A N GE A S HE TA LK S…

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tragic

divide

D I V I D E D L O Y A L T I E S ‘I O UGH T TO TEA R THE TONGUE OUT OF YOU R MOU T H ’ VERBAL VIO L E NC E C R E A T E A P HY S ICA L V IO L E N C E ‘POUNDS D OW N U P ON H IS FAT H E R ’ S SH OU LD E R ’ B E T W E E N F A T H E R A N D S O N

SLIDE 20 S K I L L

PURPOSE

DON’T JUST SAY THERE IS ‘A WORLD OF DIVIDED LOYALTIES’. TELL US WHY THESE DIVIDED LOYALTIES ARE PRESENTED. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES IN THE WORLD OF THE PLAY? WE WILL NEXT FOCUS ON THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE KELLER FAMILY.

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Mother

S W A L L O W E D I N T H E S E A A WOMAN OF UNCONTROLLED INSPIRATIONS AND AN OVERWHELMING CAPACITY FOR LOVE ‘WE’RE DUMB, CHRIS… YOU’VE GOT TO PROTECT US. Chris-

conflict

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FAMILY

KATE’S DEDICATION TO

DESIRES

CHRIS’S

FEROCIOUS EXCLAMATIONS AND DEMANDS ! ABSOLUTE TERMS

NOW I SAY NO!
YOU’LL NEVER LET HIM GO
I’ll NEVER LET HIM GO

PURPOSE THE FAMILY SINKS DEEPER INTO TRAGEDY S W A L L O W E D I N T H E S E A

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Chris

F I X U S STANDS FIRM ‘YOU CAN BE BETTER’ IN SPITE OF MOTHER’S PLEAS

SLIDE 24 A S H OT I S H E A R D I N T H E H O U S E . T H E Y STAND F R OZ E N F O R A B R I E F S E CO N D .

catastrophe

F I X U S

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NITED

UTHEY

TAND

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U S A G A I N S T T H E W O R L D L O Y A L T I E S A R E P U T A S I D E D I V I S I O N S F A L L T H E ‘ G O O D S O N ’ A N D H I S M O T H E R

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PLAY

THE

DIVIDES

US

E V E R Y T H I N G ’ S N O T L O S T IF WE ARE KATE AND JOE WE ASK IF WE CAN BE BETTER IF WE ARE LIKE CHRIS WE ASK IF WE SHOULD VALUE FAMILY FIRST THERE IS NO ‘ONE’ MESSAGE

THE AUDIENCE

SLIDE 27 ‘AS IN GREEK DRAMA, IN MILLER[’S PLAYS] NO SUCCESSFUL PATH TO RIGHT CHOICE OR ACTION EXISTS. ! THE IDEA IS ALWAYS THE FAILURE OF THE PURITY OR PERFECTION FOR WHICH HIS CHARACTERS STRIVE.’ E V E R Y T H I N G ’ S N O T L O S T

DIVIDED

AL WAYS

STEPHEN BARKER THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ARTHUR MILLER

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Y O U K N O W J C 2 S , I T R E A L L Y I S L I G H T S W I L L G U I D E Y O U T H R O U G H N O V E M B E R