18/12/14

Who am I?

In the prologue I am a headlight, i am part of the taxi that the main character needs to make a living. He talks about 'the baby on the way', which suggests having a partner. I am also a window wiper, I chose to do this because it  links to tale 4 which helps to bring the piece together, as ''it was raining'' as well. I imagine that whenever the taxi driver has an argument with their partner they'd go and sit in the taxi, which has become his second home, with how much time he spends in it, or go for a drive, and listen to the reassuring hum of the engine. 

In Tale 1, although I'm in a large ensemble of girls as we describe how we imagine our perfect boy to be in the east end , personally, I think my character is a young woman, who if she did have a relationship with this person, they'd most definitely be her boyfriend. Additionally, someone to appreciate her, someone who she has big plans for, which I think is evident in the line "But is unemployed "- which shows my character cares about what he's doing with his life, but his hatred for smoking and cigarettes ''but he hates cigarettes''. 

 in Tale 3 (I'm not in Tale 2) we all act as witnesses to Jack's crime, but also as reminders to his past. As we sit in a semi-circle around him it's like we're the audience to his guilt that has frozen him which then leads to my line ''frozen solid under the ice'' that he can never escape from.

 in Tale 4, i am an aisle with the rest of the ensemble accept from Nina and Jamie, this tale is about a young lady helping an elderly lady to cross the road and do her shopping my line in this tale is '' beans on toast is it? and she nods''.

Tale 5 everyone all plays the same person, apart from me  and Aaron, where our characters are the  parents. Next door there is a couple where the father is abusive to the mother, who knows what's right, but fights with being pushed over by her husband for so long and becoming dead to her own power, but my character is inbetween wanting to help or just letting sort it out for themselves. the line '' just a domestic'' suggests that the abuse happens quite frequently and my character has learnt to deal with it .

Lastly, in Tale 7 ( i'm not in tale 6), I play a person who has become tired of the same racial abuse, that a customer gives that comes to the shop regularly. In the beginning my character saw this racism as disgusting, and confusing, angry at their parents for not standing up for themselves. This can be seen in the line "Dad showed me the door, and I don't much work in the shop anymore" like their dad agrees with their stance on this abuse, they put up with the abusive language in fear of losing customers.  

Some of the objectives I've found are here:

Line: "i can't take this anymore i've got to say something you know do something" Objective: is that i am trying to express to my husband, that the abuse next door is affecting me and i feel like i need to try and help their situation.

Line: "but he hates cigarettes" Objective: i am trying to show the positive side of my perfect east end man and that there's more to him than meets the eye.

Line: "i don't work much in the shop anymore" Objective: my dad is now scared of what i might say to other customers and also, i am more sensitive to the abusive language than the rest of my family so i can't just brush it under the carpet.