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 saying ! Slow it down Through chaos as it swirls It’s us against the world
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. . T H E P L A Y P R E S E N T S A W O R L D O F divided . . 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 ?
C O N C E R N - T R I G G E R Society RESPONSIBILITY TO Family 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 ?
A N N C H R I S 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 U N R E L I A B L E ? ! U N D E C I D E D ? J I M C O M P R O M I S E D I V I D E D ? R E A L I S M R E F E R T O A P P E N D I X
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
E S S A Y S T R U C T U R E loyalties divided 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 ’
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 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 ? contradiction l 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 THE L E A D S U S T O Q U E S T I O N O U R loyalties of 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 ?
S K I L L RELEVANCE PAY ATTENTION TO HOW WE REPEAT THE IDEA AND EFFECT OF ‘DIVIDED’ THESE WORDS HAVE BEEN ITALICISED
T H E I D E A L I S T contrasts IN CHRIS’S LOYALTIES
T H E I D E A L I S T contrasts IN CHRIS’S LOYALTIES man for man responsibility 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 ’ 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 ’
T H E I D E A L I S T contrasts IN CHRIS’S LOYALTIES ann and a new family 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 ? 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’
guilt Y E L L O W O F PROTECTIN G R ACK ED W IT H T H E HIS FATHER BE S TI AL I M AG E RY ! REPE T IT IO N O F A M A R K O F ‘YEL LOW’ S E L F -D I S G U S T S ENSE O F EMOT I ONAL TURMOI L 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
CHRIS. What? Do I raise the dead when I put him behind bars? Ti en what I’ll do it for? […] But here? Ti is is the land of the great big dogs , you don’t love a man here, you eat him. […] Ti e world’s that way, how can I take it out on him? What sense does that make? Ti is is a zoo , a zoo !
S K I L L ANALYSIS IT’S NOT DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT THE ‘HOW’. FOCUS ON PATTERNS , TONE AND ACTION . METHODS AND EFFECTS ARE UNDERLINED
U P I N F L A M E S cl ash IN DISCOURSE the kellers 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’ LA N GU AGE OF IDE AL I SM ! ‘RES PONSI BI L I T Y ’ social relations familial ‘ FO R EAC H OT HER ’ ‘ BET T ER’ relations
U P I N F L A M E S STAGE DIRECTIONS CONVEY D E A D LY UNY I E L D I NG HO RRI F IED VOICE CRACKING
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…
D I V I D E D L O Y A L T I E S C R E A T E A tragic divide B E T W E E N F A T H E R A N D S O N ‘I O UGH T TO TEA R THE TONGUE OUT OF YOU R MOU T H ’ P HY S ICA L V IO L E N C E VERBAL VIO L E NC E ‘POUNDS D OW N U P ON H IS FAT H E R ’ S SH OU LD E R ’
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 .
S W A L L O W E D I N T H E S E A Mother Chris- A WOMAN OF AND AN UNCONTROLLED OVERWHELMING INSPIRATIONS CAPACITY FOR LOVE conflict ‘WE’RE DUMB, CHRIS… YOU’VE GOT TO PROTECT US .
S W A L L O W E D I N T H E S E A KATE ’ S DEDICATION TO FAMILY CHRIS ’ S DESIRES VS 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
F I X U S Chris STANDS FIRM ‘YOU CAN BE BETTER’ IN SPITE OF MOTHER’S PLEAS
F I X U S catastrophe 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 .
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 U THEY NITED S TAND T H E ‘ G O O D S O N ’ A N D H I S M O T H E R
E V E R Y T H I N G ’ S N O T L O S T THE PLAY DIVIDES US THE AUDIENCE THERE IS NO ‘ ONE ’ MESSAGE 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
E V E R Y T H I N G ’ S N O T L O S T DIVIDED AL WAYS ‘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.’ STEPHEN BARKER THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ARTHUR MILLER
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