Starter quiz
- 'Leave Taking' is a play. We are reading the script. The script is made up of scenes, dialogue and what other dramatic device?
- acts
- chapters
- actors
- stage directions ✓
- couplets
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- How does scene two of 'Leave Taking' begin?
- Mai is visiting.
- The Pastor is visiting.
- Viv is studying. ✓
- Del is studying.
- Enid is cleaning. ✓
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- In scene four of 'Leave Taking', Viv enters the living room. What does she find there?
- Her mother in the dark. ✓
- Her mother drinking. ✓
- Brod drinking.
- Her sister creeping in after a late night.
- Her mother dancing.
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- In scene six of 'Leave Taking', Enid asks Mai, "You ever wonder if it was worth it?". What is Enid talking about?
- having children
- migrating to England ✓
- obeah
- leaving Jamaica ✓
- marriage
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- In Scene Six of 'Leave Taking', Enid consults Mai once more. What does she ask for support with?
- Viv's exam results
- contacting her mother
- protecting Del ✓
- sleeping ✓
- money
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- In scene six of 'Leave Taking', Pinnock includes stage directions to increase our understanding of Enid's pain, writing, Enid's mouth "opens in a soundless ______."
- 'scream' ✓
Exit quiz
- Pinnock is a playwright. She employs dramatic methods. Which of the following are examples of dramatic methods?
- dialogue ✓
- stage directions ✓
- stanzas
- symbolism ✓
- setting ✓
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- In scene six of 'Leave Taking', we learn that Enid can't sleep. What might this symbolise?
- worry over Viv's exam results
- worry about relying on obeah
- feelings for Brod
- a medical condition, which we find out about later
- her feelings of guilt ✓
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- In scene three of 'Leave Taking', Enid learns of her mother's death. She blames her sister. When Brod disagrees, Enid asks, "Then who ______ her then? Me?"
- 'kill' ✓
- In scene four of 'Leave Taking', Enid talks to Viv about her migration from Jamaica to England. She says, "Oh yes, I did escape didn't I?...Escape. To ______?".
- 'what' ✓
- In scene four of 'Leave Taking', Enid tells Viv about her upbringing in Jamaica. She says, "I come from the ______."
- 'dirt' ✓
- In scene two of 'Leave Taking', Brod teases Enid about being able to see her "crack foot-bottom". Enid believes him, asking "Where?". How does Pinnock direct the actor to say this?
- sadly
- anxiously
- laughingly
- angrily
- quickly ✓
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Key learning points
- The death of Enid’s mother is a catalyst for Enid confronting her feelings of shame and guilt.
- Arguably, Enid is presented as feeling ashamed of her upbringing in rural poverty.
- Dramatic methods are the tools a playwright uses to create drama. Examples are setting, stage directions and dialogue.
Common misconception
The poverty Enid faced in Jamaica is equivalent to the poverty she faces in England.
Enid faced rural poverty where she "lived off the land". Farming is unreliable, and her family could feasibly become destitute.
Keywords
Shame - A negative emotion, often connected with blaming yourself for something, or feeling embarrassed about something.
Guilt - An emotion you feel when you have done something bad. Guilt makes you feel worried and unhappy.
Symbol - If something is a symbol, it represents or expresses an idea. In 'Leave Taking', cleaning could be a symbol for shame.
Dramatic methods - The tools a playwright uses to create drama. Examples are setting, stage directions, dialogue and language choices.
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