Blood Brothers

MICKEY QUOTES

“Gis

a sweet” - Colloquialism

“I wish

I was our Sammy” - Allusion

“Yeh, I

know loads of words like that. Y’know, like the ‘F’ word” - Informal language

“Gis

a ciggie” - Slang

“You sound

dead funny swearin’ in that posh voice” - Irony

“You’re great

you are, Mam” - Direct address

“They’ve started

layin’ people off in the other factory” - Foreshadowing

“I don’t want

your money, stuff it” - Rejection

“While no one

was looking I grew up” - Metaphor

“Leave me alone

will y’? I can’t cope with this” - Exclamation

“That’s why I

take them. So I can be invisible” - Symbolism

“I thought I was

gonna shot y’. But I can’t even do that” - Hyperbole

“Why didn’t you

give me away? I could have been… I could have been him!” - Rhetorical question

“I’m gonna

get a real gun soon” - Foreshadowing

“Ey, we were born

on the same day…that means we can be blood brothers” - Symbolism

“Does my child

belong to you as well as everything else?” - Question

EDWARD

“Don’t you know

know what a dictionary is?” - Rhetorical question

“Is that

your mummy?” - Direct address

“Mickey says smashing

things. We’re blood brothers aren’t we Mickey?” - Repetition

“Mummy, how do you spell

bogey man?” - Innocent questioning

“If you loved me you’d

let me go out with Mickey” - Conditional statement

“You’re a

fuckoff!” - Exclamation

“It’s a magpie, never

look at one magpie. It’s one for sorrow…” - Symbolism

“You can take a

flying fuck at a rolling doughnut! But you shall not take my locket!” - Hyperbole

“Mummy…you silly

old thing. That’s not me. That’s Mickey” - Contrast

“It’s just a secret, everybody

has secrets, don’t you have secrets?” - Rhetorical question

“Come on then, before

my Ma sees me. She’s off her beam, my Ma” - Informal language

“If I was him I’d

bring you flowers and ask you to dance” - Conditional statement

“I’ve got

money, plenty of it” - Assertion

“I haven’t been to

so many parties in my life” - Hyperbole

“Mickey? Well

shag the vicar” - Colloquialism

“Why is a

job so important?” - Rhetorical question

“We have been undergoing

a remarkable celluloid experience!” - Metaphor

MRS JOHNSTONE

“Once I had

a husband, / You know the sort of chap” - Nostalgia

“He told me

I was sexier than Marilyn Monroe” - Metaphor

“The Welfare have

already been on to me” - Direct statement

“Kids can’t

live on love alone” - Realism

“A bike with

both wheels on?” - Rhetorical question

“They’re a pair

they go together” - Symbolism

“But keep it a

secret eh, Eddie? Just our secret, between you an’ me” - Direct address

“We’re getting’ out, / We’re

movin’ house, / We’re starting all over again” - Hopefulness

“Do you still

keep that locket I gave y’?” - Nostalgia

“I don’t want

your money” - Rejection

“You’ve not had

much of a life with me, have y’?” - Self-reflection

“Tell me it’s

not true, / Say it’s just a story” - Desperation

“Oh God, Mrs. Lyons, never

put new shoes on a table…You never know what’ll happen” - Superstition

“I start a job

next week. I’ll have money comin’ in an’ I’ll be able to pay y’” - Optimism

“Havin’ babies,

it’s like clockwork to me” - Realism

“You can’t stop

the milk. I need the milk. I’m pregnant” - Urgency

MRS LYONS

“I believe that an

adopted child can become one’s own” - Assertion

“We bought such a large house for the

– for the children – we thought children would come along” - Irony

“Already you’ve

been threatened by the Welfare People” - Direct statement

“Mrs J, nobody must

ever know. Therefore, we have to have an agreement” - Manipulation

“You swore on

the Bible” - Symbolism

“You won’t tell

anyone about this, Mrs Johnstone, because if you do, you will kill them” - Threat

“I’m talking about thousands

if you want it. And think what you could do with money like that” - Materialism

“Wherever I go

you’ll be just behind me” - Paranoia

“I curse the

day I met you. You ruined me” - Accusation

“I took him.

But I never made him mine” - Regret

“Even when – when he

was a tiny baby I’d see him looking straight at me and I’d think, he knows…he knows” - Emotional connection

“They say that if

either twin learns that he was once a pair, they shall both immediately die” - Superstition

“It’s wonderful, it’s

perfect” - Irony

“You’re

not like them” - Class distinction

“I curse

you. Witch!” - Exclamation of anger

NARRATOR

“There’s one

lone magpie overhead” (Foreshadowing)

“There’s a pact

been sealed, there’s a deal been born” (Metaphor)

“Someone said the bogey

man was seen around the town” (Personification)

“There’s a black cat stalking

and a woman who’s afraid” (Symbolism)

“There’s no getting off

without the price being paid” (Foreshadowing)

“And maybe if you counted to ten

and keep your fingers crossed, it would all just be a game and then no one would have lost” (Irony)

“There’s a mad

man, there’s a mad man” (Repetition)

“He’s starin’ through

your windows” (Personification)

“He’s creepin’

down the hall” (Personification)

“He’s moved in

down the street from you” (Personification)

“Someone said he wants to

speak to you” (Foreshadowing)

“Someone said they’d seen

him leanin’ on your door” (Foreshadowing)

“He’s running right

beside you” (Personification)

“He’s screamin’

deep inside you” (Personification)

“Someone said he’s

calling your number up today, today, TODAY” (Repetition)

“And do we blame

superstition for what came to pass Or could it be what we, the English, have come to know as class?” (Rhetorical Question)

“The dealers dealt the

cards, and he won’t take them back” (Metaphor)

“You’re walking

on pavement cracks” (Symbolism)

“Now y’ know the devil’s

got your number, y’ know he’s gonna find y’, y’ know he’s right behind y’” (Personification)

“But you know that if you cross your fingers

And if you count from one to ten / You can get up off the ground again / It doesn’t matter / The whole thing’s just a game” (Metaphor and Repetition)

LINDA

"I'll tell my mum why

all her ciggies disappear when you're in the house."

"Look on the

bright side of it, Mickey."

"takes the gun

and fires. We hear a metallic ping. She beams a satisfied smile."

"Y' better hadn't

or I won't be in love with y' anymore."

"O' leave him

alone, y' big worm."

"He's lovely

looking, isn't he?"

"We went to

see Nymphomaniac Nights instead."

"Linda's

pregnant!"

"I need you. I love you. But

Mickey, not when you've got them inside you."

‘‘The woman stands in

doubt, and wonders what the price would be for letting the young girl out."