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Blood Brothers — Quotes

6 quotes with full 6-part analysis

1
REGRESS

“Tell me it's not true. Say it's just a story”

IMPERATIVE PLEA / METATHEATRELYRICAL FORM — SONG AS EMOTIONAL OVERFLOW

Mrs Johnstone · Act Two (Final Song)

2
STAGNATE

“If we were of the same class, would we have been treated the same?”

CONDITIONAL RHETORICAL QUESTIONDRAMATIC IRONY — THE AUDIENCE'S KNOWLEDGE

Mickey (implied through the Narrator's framing) · Act Two

3
REGRESS

“The devil's got your number, y'know he's gonna find y'”

COLLOQUIAL THREAT / REFRAINTHE NARRATOR AS GREEK CHORUS

The Narrator · Act One (recurring)

4
REGRESS

“I could have been him!”

MODAL VERB — 'COULD' AS LOST POSSIBILITYPRONOUN OPPOSITION — 'I' VS 'HIM'

Mickey · Act Two

5
REGRESS

“We went dancing”

SIMPLE PAST TENSE — IRRETRIEVABLE LOSSDANCING AS METAPHOR FOR FREEDOM

Mrs Johnstone · Act One (Song)

6
STAGNATE

“always a price to be paid”

APHORISTIC WARNING / ECONOMIC METAPHORPROLEPSIS — FORESHADOWING AS FATE

The Narrator · Act One

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