Compare the ways that Mr Briggs and Mrs Kay are presented in 'Our Day Out'. With whom does Willy Russell intend us to sympathise?
Title: Compare the ways that Mr Briggs and Mrs Kay are presented in
'Our Day Out'. With whom does Willy Russell intend us to sympathise?
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 1228 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Compare the ways that Mr Briggs and Mrs Kay are presented in
'Our Day Out'. With whom does Willy Russell intend us to sympathise?
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 1228 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Our Day out by Willie Russell is an energetic and humorous play, about a school trip to Conwy castle. The 'progress class', a class for illiterate children, are on a trip to Wales where the liberal Mrs Kay and the strict Mr Briggs have completely different ideas about the day should be organised.
Mrs Kay and Mr Briggs have two distinct personalities that clash frequently throughout the play and Willie Russell presents both in an …showed first 75 words of 1228 total…
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Our Day Out by Willie Russell is a funny and light-hearted play but with lots of hidden messages. Wille Russell presents the characteristics of Mr Briggs and Mrs Kay very interestingly and with good humour. We are left with a feeling of ambivalence at the end when Mr Briggs destroys the camera film. Has he changed for good or was it just a one off?