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ActITheplotofLookBagerisdriveirelybythetiradesofJimmyPorterratherthaheplayissetiitintheMidlahislargeroomisthehomeofJimmyPorter,hiswifeAlison,andhisbusinerandfriendCliffLewis,aratebedroomacrossthehall.TheplayopenswithAlisonattheironingboardandJimmyandeasychairsreadingtheSundaypapers.Jimmyplainsthathalfthebookreviewheisreadinginhis“posh”
paperisinFrench.HeasksAlisonifthatmakesherfeelignorantahatshewashequestioelyohemesisintroduced;Jimmy’srailingagaiiaofAlisoiaofthewholemiddle-classofEngland.JimmyteasesCliffaboutbeiedandignorantandCliffgreeswithhiJimmysaysthatAlisonhasn’thadathoughtforyearsandsheagrees.JimmyisdepressedbytheirSundayroutineandsaystheiryouthisslippingaway.Hesays,“Let’spretendthatwe’rehumanbeingsauallyalive.”
plainsaboutthesmokefromJimmy’spipe.WhenAlisoe,Jimmysaysshewouldgetusedtoanythies.Hethenrailsaboutthefaobodythinks,nobodyobeliefs,nosahusiasms.”
HesaysthatEnglandhaslosthersoul,thatitisdrearylivingin“theAmeriAge.”
ThereistalkofthesweetstallthatJimmyandaeinanoutdoormarket.JimmyderidesAlisel,whomhehasdubbed“thelesswonderfromSandhurst,”
andwhoisaMemberofParliament.JimmyresentsNigelandallthathestandsfor,ingthefactthathewillsutheworldbecauseofhissocialdtheschoolshehasatteeofhisstupidityay.HethenturnsonAlison,gher“theLadyPusillanimous.”
JimmytriestolistentoatheradioandplainsatthenoisemadebyAlisandCliff’srustlingofthehewomeningeneral,Alison,andevenMrs.Drury,theirlandlady.dJimmythenplayfullywrestleaallypushoverAlisonandtheironingboard.AlisonhasburntherarmandfinallytellsJimmytogetout.isterstoAlison’sburnandcalmsher.Shetellshimthatsheispregnant.SheisafraidtotellJimmylesthethinkshepla.CliffholdsAlisonahereisteasingandplayasJimmyreestablisheshimself,andCliffgoesarettes.JimmytellsAlisosher;theyplayaprivateaegameof“squirrelsandbears,”
andAlisonisabouttotellhimnanCliffreturnstosayHeleressfriendofAlison,isonthephoairs.WhenAlisournsshesaysshehasiostaywiththemduriatthelocaltheatre,andJimmylauncheshismostshogdiatribeyet.HetellsAlisonthatifsheweretohaveadifthatchildwoulddie,thesufferenoughtobeaheadswithJimmysayingofAlison,“She’llgoonsleepinganddevuhiofme.”
1.Discussthefollowingwithyroupmembers.
1)WhatthemesoftheplayarerepresentedbyOsboriculousdesofthePorter’sattit?
2)WhatdoesJimmyandAlison’splayfulgameofbearandsquirrelrepresent?
3)WhyorwhynotisHelehemoralpassoftheplay?
4)ThoughJimmyisagaireminisgland’spast,healsohasastroalgiafes.Why?
5)WhatimagerydoesOsboroexploretheideasofmodernchivalry?
6)DoyoubelievethatOsborneismisogynistitheplay?
7)WhatisOsborne’sviewion?
2.Filliopletethesummaryoftheplay.
Theplayissetin1)ahestoryofJimmyPmanwhoily.Jimmy,althougha3),worksina4)andlivesinaone-roomflatwithhiswife5).ThestoryfoyandAlison’s6),whicharemaiheirdifferentsocial7);infaesfroman8)family.Theallymaheirdifferehisreis9).Theyregrettoa10)relatioasyandgame-playing.
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