My group were asked to explore the characters in tale two. This tale uses the creation of character as a metaphor for what the east end is like. It describes a young women who has a pretty ordinary life but what she really wants is to have a life like in the movies. where she falls in love, always has nice clothes to wear and doesn't have to "work to live", but instead lives to work.
If the tale was taken literally, it's describing a women who finds herself in a position where she is not really that happy but has to carry on what she's doing in order to survive. The line "words to live doesn't live to work", shows how she wants to enjoy herself and maybe had a dream of working somewhere else but now finds herself stuck. It also shows how she is drawn in by tv's unrealistic portrail of what life could be like. The tale talks about her wanting a romantic cruise, she wants a fairy tale love story which she knows is not real but she still hopes for it because her life isn't for filling her. She is also into materialistic things, there are a few lines where it expresses her want for "more shoes", "a personal shopper", this conforms to the stereotypes of women who are only interested in their appearance. I think the women would be average height, brown hair and eyes and probably quite slim. Goes on runs every now and then but isn't really committed to anything.
However, you could also look at the tale metaphorically. Personally, I think the tale is about how the east end could be nicer and more pleasant, but it's stuck within this stereotype of a dingy eerie place full of back alley ways. Because no one is helping the place to overcome this, it's stuck. So when the play talks about her watching tv and wanting materialistic things and having dreamed for a job she hasn't got. I think it's referring to the potential of the east end not being for filled because people are hoping and wishing for something to happen rather then taking it into their own hands and making it happen.
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