![]() Johnstone into keeping her word, saying that twins who are separated and reunite will die. She convinces the woman to give one of the boys away, and then she uses a hex to scare Mrs. Lyons is a wealthy woman whose husband is always away on business. Johnstone has been left by her husband to single-handedly care for a family she cannot financially afford to support. When she finds out she is not only pregnant but pregnant with twins, she is convinced by her employer to give one of the babies away to Mrs. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. GradeSaver, 21 January 2019 Web.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Next Section Analysis Previous Section Themes How To Cite in MLA Format Sexton, Timothy. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. That irony will force a consideration of the central question of whether it was superstitious beliefs that led to tragedy or something far more predictable and reparable: class distinction. The audience is now equipped with the knowledge to recognize to full dimension of the irony inherent in the story, however. ![]() The play ends as it begins with the narrator once again asking the audience if they know the story of the Johnstone twins. How they were born, and they died, on the self-same day?" Narrator So did y’hear the story of the Johnstone twins? Or could it be what we, the English, have come to know as class? "And do we blame superstition for what came to pass? Lyons, however, in creating this superstition on the moment and out of thin air entirely as a manipulative ploy will soon become the psychological victim of an irrational fear herself. ![]() Lyons grasps onto the one hold she knows she has over the other woman: her genuine belief in superstitions and her fear that they do come true. Johnstone’s threat to break their binding agreement to keep the separation of her twins a secret forever, a desperate Mrs. Johnstone, because if you do, you will kill them.” Mrs. ![]() They shall be raised apart and never, ever told what was once the truth. Johnstone, that these brothers shall grow up, unaware of the other’s existence. “they say that if either twin learns that he was once a pair, that they shall both immediately die. The binding agreement in this case is swearing upon a Bible that nobody will ever know of the secret pact that has been made. And so-as the narrator observes-the thing is done and there’s no going back. Johnstone is pregnant with twins and already has a home filled with kids. We must make this, erm, a binding agreement.” Mrs. The Narrator’s giving away the entire story sets the stage for dramatic irony since right from the start the audience already knows more than some of the characters and knows exactly what two central characters know. It pretty much lays out the entire narrative arc of the play so it becomes immediately apparent that the defining characteristic at play here is not dramatic tension built upon mystery. This passage occurs in Act One just two lines into the play. "So did y’hear the story of the Johnstone twins?Īn’ did you never hear how the Johnstones died, These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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