Form
What is the form of the text?
What is a play
What is the structure of the text?
What is Cause and effect
What does peat mean?
What is turf used as fuel
What is the relationship between the two characters?
What is siblings/close friends
What were the names of the two characters in the play?
What is Mary Stewart and Morag?
Who is the intended audienece
What is Theatre-goers, Scotish people
What effect does the back and forth dialogue between the two characters have?
What is it creates tension and a sense of anxiety
What literary device is used in "dancing and swirling with the wind too?"
What is personification
What does the light in the window symbolize??
What is saftey and hope
Who are the characters looking out for?
Who is the rebel son
What is the purpose of this text?
What is to entertain/For entertainment
What mood does the description of the weather suggest?
What is the first use of foreshadowing in the text?
What is "There is that in me that tells me something is going to befall us this night" (line 21-22)
How do the literary elements shape the mood of the text?
What is it creates a mood that is full of tension and suspense
Who is the writer of this play?
Who is J.A Ferguson
What is the central idea?
What is Morag is anxious about the return of the rebel son. However, Mary Stewart is spiteful, as she seems to be projecting the opposite of Morag’s emotions.
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What do the contrasting emotions between Morag and Mary suggest?
What are their contrasting feelings about the current situation, Morag's anxiousness and Mary's calmness and leave-headedness
What tone is created through Morag's descriptive language about the night?
What is fear and dread
What does Morag's anxiety reveal about her emotions?
What is her anxiety and worries for her son
Where does the play take place? (Location)
What is 18th century Scotland
How does the form allow the audience to understand the relationship between Morag and Mary?
What is close dialogue and the use of two single characters
What does Mary's constant repetition of Morag to put more peat on the fire suggest?
What is Mary's attempt to try and get Morag to remain calm
What can you infer about this simile? "Oh that wind, hear to it, sobbing round the house as if it brought some poor lost soul up to the door, and we refusing it shelter" (line 23)
What is the foreseeable future (any close inferences)
What does the foreshadowing reveal about the sons potential fate?
What is his potential death/demise
What does "canna" mean in Scottish dialect?
What is cannot