Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Character Analysis: Michael

Michael
  • The storyteller as an adult
  • Distances the memory from the audience and himself
  • Observe memories of his childhood through him
  • Trusts his father
  • Stands outside the action and also participates in it as a defined character, represented as a voice
  • His kites symbolise strong emotions, lack of freedom. paganism. change
  • Maggie teases him and he teases her back
  • Wants a male role model
  • Expected more of Father Jack
  • Thought a lot of Gerry of his Aunts
  • Shy around his father
  • Surprised when his Aunts started dancing
  • Notices a change
  • Agnes suggests hes lonely
  • Older Michael responds as young Michael
  • Uses adult words 'pathetic'
  • Copies his mother 'Get out of my road'
  • Maggie treats him like an adult
  • Kate treats him like a baby [Pretend horror]
  • Acts uninterested in his father
  • In the scene yet absent from it
  • Surrounded by maternal love
  • Reveals the future for the other characters
 
 
 
 

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