... peace and war; the education of the Paston children; their religious interests and their leisure activities. By visiting the major issues raised by the book, the authors interpretation of the letters and the type of history being written, I will ...

... materialized." The camera suddenly zooms out to a shot of Doris, the fireplace and part of the window, as she hears someone enter the garden. She begins to shout "Hello. Somebody coming. Salvation." She tries to lift her self up ...

... crochet rugs draped over the back of them. Behind the far armchair in the background there is a large window with net curtains, this is the only source of light in the room at the beginning of the scene. On ...

... ''you go daft there, there is no where else to go but daft'' Doris don't like Zulema she thinks Zulema don't do her job properly ''Zulema doesn't dust she half dusts'' she says. And Doris has an accident which causes ...

... person. We find out many sad things about Doris the first being that her long term partner, soul-mate and husband Wilfred died quite a few years ago, therefore she is a widow; 'Well he's got a minute now bless him.' ...

... used very often because all the focus is on Grahams face, but the camera technique that gained the best effect was close up. This shot focuses on something in detail and this was used a lot when Graham was talking. ...

... today...that Devon was giving me a bath...whose legs do you think they are...well I have never known this place...'. In the drama repapered words is very common because it is showing Violets old age for example when a fellow if ...

... her loneliness and as a means to escape the real world. Susan is younger than Irene and the end of the monologues leaves you with the feeling that Irene is her future. Susan's cynical and often-ironic remarks make the monologues ...

... settee which seriously upsets Doris as she knows Zulema cant be doing a good job another key event in the play is the injury that Doris sustains from falling off her stool while trying to dust. In the play we ...

... people their own age or near there age. The inside of the house would be very old fashioned. With old settees and wallpaper that is brownish yellow. I would put nearly everything a dark brownie yellowish colour, this is because ...

... Doris uses the word "Dictating" to describe the way Zuleema was talking. Zuleema talks through Doris to give the audience a feel of how Doris is being treated. Doris appears to pause before changing the subject, this shows that she ...

... his ideas and inventions which were "Never materialized". It seems clear that Doris has spent her married life repressing her husband as a result of her determination to be tidy; his gardening, his allotment, his dog, his fretwork. It is ...

... Wilfred and most of the monologue is from Doris sitting on the floor in her living room where she fell. Her attitude to the modern world is that it used to be better then it is now, this also shows ...

... that cant do anything; " I said, 'Yes. Smelling of pee.' " This view is apparant in "A Cream Cracker Under the Settee." Doris quite abuptely shows her disagreement with the Stafford House (the nursing home she is to be ...

... husband and her discussing weather to have a bush. Doris says, "I didn't even want the bush to be quite honest". The inside of the house would have a lot of old pieces of furniture. The furniture would probably be of ...

... It is mainly set in the living room and in the hallway of the semi-detached house. The play starts after Doris falls off the buffet, while she was trying to dust the top of the fire-place in the living room. ...

... this slowly and quietly but still keeping the sarcastic tone. The reason why she says the line like that is because she feels upset and maybe a bit angry those policemen are not around much anymore. After this line is said ...

... themselves. "A cream cracker" is set in the home of Doris an elderly lady at the age of seventy-five, it is mainly situated in the living room of her semi-detached house, but does stray to her hall. The play begins when ...

... title of the play. As although the audience is unseen to Doris as 'the cream cracker under the settee' is unnoticed, this may be used to indicate that although the object is concealed, this does not make it any less ...

... I have trouble just remembering what day of the week it is. Many weeks I have two Sunday's and never see a Monday. For breakfast I don't go wild and have a big greasy fry up, I stick to plain ...

... drawing the attention to us that she is sad, especially here when she is talking about her mother, 'She lost her mother around the time I lost mine.' This not only makes us sympathise with her for the loss of ...

... the actress because she hasn't got any one else to depend on and she has to learn all of the lines her self. She hasn't got any one to get cues from when doing the play. She has got all ...

... says, "I've had this frock for years". Some key themes to keep in mind are isolation, because Doris has no family or friends, basically no contact with the outside world except for her weekly visits from Zulema, she mentions, "I never ...

... she tells the viewer of it, she describes an unfulfilled life, with discontent and many imperfections. 'The midwife said he wasn't fit to be called anything and had we any newspaper?' The account of Doris' stillborn child is very evocative, and makes ...

... situations are presented to them. He gives the readers a chance to build an identity, a character profile for themselves. The relationships between the characters are never as straightforward as the reader or the audience tends to imagine. The fictional ...