Review of play and Response
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In Ayckbourn’s play ‘Mother Figure’, Rosemary is the wife of Terry, an
obnoxious sexist male who evidently wears the trousers in their
marriage. Rosemary meets Lucy a strong-minded mother who pushes the
confident, more outspoken Rosemary forward. The two women come very
close in a short amount of time. It soon becomes apparent that there
is trouble in the marriage of Terry and Rosemary and adjustments are
required for the relationship to continue to survive much longer.
Rosemary is portrayed as being a friendly character that is not
necessarily nosey but likes to be informed of what others are up to.
Although she is “frail, mousey-looking” she is quite chatty and is
good at small talk with strangers, especially strangers she wants to
know more about. She wins people over with polite but inquisitive
questions about people’s personal lives for example when questioning
Lucy about her children, she asks “It’s three you’ve got, isn’t it?”
This may be the point at which Lucy is won over. I believe this
because this is the point where Lucy begins to respond with fuller
answers instead of the usual “yes” and “no”. As soon as Rosemary gets
a good excuse, (information about Harry, the husband), she set outs to
investigate the life of her neighbour, Lucy, who is clearly not
interested by what this woman has to say and is somewhat preoccupied
with her role as a mother as “she goes to listen for the children”.
When Rosemary enters the house, it seems as if Lucy constantly tries
to get rid off Rosemary with one-word answers such as “yes” and “no”,
but she is determined to tell Lucy the information she has about
Harry. Rosemary ignores the rudeness and reveals what she has to say.
The monologue from Rosemary, starting, “Yes” through to “husband”, is
a very long speech with pauses, illustrated with numerous hyphens,
showing that Rosemary is nervous about what reaction she will get; she
does not know whether Lucy still talks to her husband which is maybe
why she asks Lucy the questions at the beginning.
The relationship between Rosemary and her husband Terry is a marriage
that seems as if it was at first based on loving each other but over
time it has turned into Terry almost using Rosemary as a slave to care
for him. When Rosemary “Returns from the hall with Terry”, it implies
that Terry isn’t capable of doing anything for himself, not even
walking from one place to another without his wife by his side helping
him along the way
obnoxious sexist male who evidently wears the trousers in their
marriage. Rosemary meets Lucy a strong-minded mother who pushes the
confident, more outspoken Rosemary forward. The two women come very
close in a short amount of time. It soon becomes apparent that there
is trouble in the marriage of Terry and Rosemary and adjustments are
required for the relationship to continue to survive much longer.
Rosemary is portrayed as being a friendly character that is not
necessarily nosey but likes to be informed of what others are up to.
Although she is “frail, mousey-looking” she is quite chatty and is
good at small talk with strangers, especially strangers she wants to
know more about. She wins people over with polite but inquisitive
questions about people’s personal lives for example when questioning
Lucy about her children, she asks “It’s three you’ve got, isn’t it?”
This may be the point at which Lucy is won over. I believe this
because this is the point where Lucy begins to respond with fuller
answers instead of the usual “yes” and “no”. As soon as Rosemary gets
a good excuse, (information about Harry, the husband), she set outs to
investigate the life of her neighbour, Lucy, who is clearly not
interested by what this woman has to say and is somewhat preoccupied
with her role as a mother as “she goes to listen for the children”.
When Rosemary enters the house, it seems as if Lucy constantly tries
to get rid off Rosemary with one-word answers such as “yes” and “no”,
but she is determined to tell Lucy the information she has about
Harry. Rosemary ignores the rudeness and reveals what she has to say.
The monologue from Rosemary, starting, “Yes” through to “husband”, is
a very long speech with pauses, illustrated with numerous hyphens,
showing that Rosemary is nervous about what reaction she will get; she
does not know whether Lucy still talks to her husband which is maybe
why she asks Lucy the questions at the beginning.
The relationship between Rosemary and her husband Terry is a marriage
that seems as if it was at first based on loving each other but over
time it has turned into Terry almost using Rosemary as a slave to care
for him. When Rosemary “Returns from the hall with Terry”, it implies
that Terry isn’t capable of doing anything for himself, not even
walking from one place to another without his wife by his side helping
him along the way
After reading this article about the play Mother Figure it help me understand my character in depth and it made me understand her reasons and why she acted the way she did and how it represents her as a character."Rosemary is portrayed as being a friendly character that is not necessarily nosey but likes to be informed of what others are up to. Although she is “frail, mousey-looking” she is quite chatty and is good at small talk with strangers, especially strangers she wants to know more about. She wins people over with polite but inquisitive questions about people’s personal lives" - This part made me understand that Rosemary isn't just a nosey neighbour who wants to know what her neighbour is up to, it made me understand that she wins people over by being polite and asking the right question. overall this made me deeply think about what my character wants and how to portray it.
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