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Decks in this class (11)

Mai's character
Obeah women,
Drinking from a bottle of stout,
Playing cards all over
7  cards
Stage directions about Characters
Enid,
Del,
Viv
4  cards
SCENE ONE: Dissolution of the youth with obeah traditions/ Generational dicide
Spend money she aint got,
She stinks,
End up paying 50 quid by time she...
9  cards
SCENE 1 The immigrant story - Enid’s struggle in England bringing up her children and having to send money home.
Enid i bring up these two girls o...,
You send money home,
I want to go to the west indies
4  cards
Scene Two - this scene is not in Mai’s sitting room. It is more focussed on the girls and their experiences living in London.
Viv says out damned spot as she i...,
Brod and enid constantly referenc...,
She doesnt understand that way of...
12  cards
Scene Three - Enid, Brod discussing their lives back home in Jamaica and Brod’s feelings of disillusionment with life in England. Viv joins them later.
Enid i work two jobs seven days a...,
Disillusionment with life in england,
Disillusionment with life in england
5  cards
Scene Four - Enid is alone drinking and Viv pops in. Enid gives her an envelope with her savings as she is so proud of how well she has done at school.
P41 viv glamorises jamaican life ...,
Enid says i come from the dirt
2  cards
Scene Five - Mai is at her bedsit with Del. In this scene, Del begins to come around to Mai’s obeah customs. Viv arrives having walked out of her exam and Del is furious and throws her out.
Del uses love potion,
Surprised but not wanting to show it,
Del is pregnant
6  cards
Scene Six - Evening in Mai’s bedsit. Enid is there but seems ‘distracted’ and ‘lost’. Del appears later after her mother leaves.
Stage directions about enid a sou...,
Mai advises del to go home but de...
2  cards
Scene Seven - Mai’s living room - Brod is there lying down and they wonder if he is dying. The girls
Brod says to del your mother has ...,
Brod on the table after drinking ...,
Brod says drinking help me forget
4  cards
Scene 8
Stage direction del reads the pal...,
Mai i don t have a daughter to pa...,
Mai to del you passed with flying...
11  cards

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