Explore Keatley’s Dramatic Presentation of Mother and Daughter Relationships and Conflict in This Scene and Elsewhere in the Play.

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3) Act 1 scene 7 – from “They fold the sheet lengthwise (page 30) to the end of the scene. Explore Keatley’s dramatic presentation of mother and daughter relationships and conflict in this scene and elsewhere in the play. ‘My Mother Said I Never Should’ is a playwright written by Charlotte Keatley in 1985. It is a play that highlights the relationship between mother and daughter, doing so in a dark way and across multiple generations. Every detail from the props to the lighting engrosses the audience into the play as it is done naturalistically, and the audience believe that anything can happen, like in every day life. Keatley also introduces the wasteland, where the girls are of similar age, and this highlights various generation differences through things as subtle as their speech. Keatly highlights the similarities between Margaret and Doris in Act One, Scene Seven, through the folding of the sheet: “Margaret pulls so hard that Doris lets go and they jerk back from eachother” This action shows that both Margaret and Doris want to make their relationship work and keep trying different ways, as with the sheet, and it continues to go wrong. They come together with the sheet, showing that the pair want to make their relationship work, and are trying hard to do so, despite finding it difficult. The coming together of the sheet also highlights that despite the age difference, they are similar and a mother a daughter. Their similarities are enforced by both of their inabilities to express their emotion, which causes them to repel eachother and quarrel, mirrored by the sheet as they jerk from one another. Margaret wants to break away from the traditions that Doris has, and wants to escape her beliefs, again shown when Margaret snatches the sheet from Doris. Keatly highlights the lack of communication between mother and daughter in this scene: “Not my choice,
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