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Character Study for Manus from Brian Friel's Translations
Character Study for Manus from Brian Friel's Translations from Act 1-3 all themes
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Manus: Act 1Page Speaker Quote Analysis Theme
1 Stage “The hedge school is held in a disused barn or hay-shed or byre” -Impoverished and filthy home
Direction -relic of past usefulness
-lack of support and safety in play (no bannister)
1 Stage “He is coaxing her gently and firmly and- as everything he does- with a kind of -Manus is comforting, kind, passionate, determined
Direction zeal.” -Good teacher, draws language out of Sarah
1 Stage “Manus is in his late twenties/early thirties; the master’s older son. He is pale- -Weak and sickly- not a farmer man
Direction faced, lightly built, intense, and works as an unpaid assistant- a monitor- to his -clear sense of duty in protecting Hugh
father. His clothes are shabby; and when he moves we see that he is lame.” -Poverty, lack of care for himself- Selfless
-Weakness is lame leg
3 Manus “Once more-just once more- ‘My name.’ Good girl. Come on now. Head -Good teacher-imperatives, short sentences, confident LCM
up. Mouth open.” -Importance if names/language
6 Manus “Where the hell has he got to?” -Profanity- fractured paternal relationship
-Caring yet still annoyed at habits
6 Jimmy “‘O oi biotio malista kedeto’- What’s that Manus?” -Respect for Manus as an intellectual/polyglot even from LCM
gifted Infant Prodigy
7 Manus “Who cared most for his substance” -opposite to Manus see late Act 2
7 Manus/Stage “Say the word: flow-ers… Manus leans down and kisses the top of Sarah’s -Romantic advance blindly rejected
Direction head.” -Patronising as a result
7 Stage “Maire enters…Manus stands awkwardly…” -Maire reduces Manus to a snivelling, unconfident person
direction with strength
15 Manus “All right- all right settle down.” -Commanding and confident (imperative) CC, LIC, P
-Not fully familiar with DTs
-Pro Irish but not violent or rebellious
16 Manus “You never told me that…You don’t want to go. You said that yourself.” -Short sentences- doesn’t want to lose GF Maire
-Frantic panic on loss- repeated direct address
17 Manus “I can’t apply for it…My father has applied for it“ -Duty to father very strong
-Results to not- strength
- Never makes it on his own
23 Hugh “a bowl of tea, strong tea, black…Manus will take care of you.” -Treats Manus as a footman (Pathos)
-Leaves Manus to teach even due to intoxication even
though Manus gets no credit or reward.
30 Stage “Manus ignores Sarah. He is much more interested in Owen now… You haven’t -Profound shock in SD, CC
Direction/ enlisted, have you?!” -Anti British mentality
Manus
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