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Eric Birling things to say
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- 1dramartic irritanceto his father
challenging ideology - contradicting him, interupting and asking questions - 2euphesismdescribe sexual assault on ava smith
'thats when it hapenned' - 3language is fragmentedbecomes emotional/hysterical
dashed also represent breakdown in relationship with mother - 4attack on motherlanguage becomes more violent as he repeats killed three times
effect on audience is shocking as contrasts with polite language of earlier
semantic field of heaven and hell when eric describes what we did 'thats the hellish thing, oh - my god' - 5emulates inspector when he leavesuses inspectors harsh commanding langauge
done so inspectors pretence felt on stage and reminder to audience to look at own conscience - 6develops stage directionsuneasily to shouting at end
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- Flashcards on Eric Birling things to say, created by Alice Taylor on 20/06/2021.
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