blood brothers coursework
...nger out on Mrs Johnstone saying she was unemployed and her children were causing trouble, just as real life was like in Liverpool at the time. Mrs Johnstone finds out she is pregnant with twins and agrees to give one away to Mrs Lyons. Mrs Johnstone is a mother, a wife and someone who believes in superstition and God. This is suggested when Mrs Johnstone explains to mrs Lyons that she is happy to return to work straight after giving birth. She is shown to be superstitious when Mrs Lyons tells Eddie to ignore what Mrs Johnstone says about the boogie man. She shows she is religious when she prays Eddie will be ok. Mrs Lyons is now beginning to get paranoid and goes crazy. She believes Eddie knows that Mrs Johnstone is his mum and Mickey is his twin. When Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone meet each other again, Mrs Lyons goes to stab Mrs Johnstone. We can tell this because the stage directions say ‘Mrs Lyons opens the knife draw and has a lethal looking kitchen knife in her hand’. A song ‘The Devils Got Your Number’ (as in the truth will be revealed) is continuously sang by the narrator. We can tell Mrs Lyons thinks Eddie knows when she quotes ‘I’d see him looking straight at me and I’d think he knows…he knows.’ All the children from the street also think she is going crazy. It was Mrs Lyons’ idea for Mrs Johnstone to give away one of her twins. Mrs Lyons persuaded Mrs Johnstone by saying she can offer one of the twins better clothes, education, and upbringing. They confirmed this arrangement by swearing on the Bible. Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons are both visited by the police for the same reasons but with totally different manners. The children had both shot an air pistol and a policeman caught them. He went to visit Mrs Johnstone first and his first words are “he was about to commit a serious crime, love”. This tells us that Mrs Johnstone isn’t even welcomed with a bit of respect. He mentions, “You don’t wanna end up in court again“. When he visits Mrs Lyons he removes his hat and tells her “it was more of a prank really . . . just deduct his pocket money”. To Mrs Johnstone he said it is serious but to Mrs Lyons he said the ...