The texts I studied, as part of my comparative course, are ''Inside I'm Dancing'' (ID), directed by Damien O'Donnell and ''Sive'' (S) , written by John B. Keane. I examined how relationships can have both positive and negative effects on the protagonists.
The parent and child relationship in (S) is between Sive and her aunt, Mena. Sive's parents died when she was a baby, so her uncle Mike and his wife Mena brought her up. Their relationship is negative and it is clear why their relationship is negative when Mena tells Sive about her father. She tells Sive ''Your father was never a father, God forgive him'' She then tells Sive ''You are a bye-child, a common bye-child - a bastard!'' What Mena says to Sive is very cruel and she shows her bad temper when she flings Sive's schoolbag across the room angrily and tells Sive ''There will be no more school for you''. The parent and child …show more content…
It is a negative relationship because he skillfully manipulates and convinces Mena that Sive and Seán Dóta would make a good match. If he manages to make the match, Thomasheen will get £100 and his own marriage to a widow in the village, which motivates him to try his very best to convince Mena. He gets Mena on his side by promising the family £200 for the match and that Nanna will go and live with Sive as part of the match. This appeals to Mena because money is a big significance to her and of her hatred of Nanna ''It would be a great day to the house. Years I have suffered with the two of them, full of hate for me''. Mena is unsure at first because of how much older Seán Dóta is to Sive, but Thomasheen carefully changes her mind. When she asks what Mike will say, Thomasheen simply says ''Ye will have yeer own talk. You will come around him aisy. You weren't born a fool, Mena''. He is determined to make the match, which has horrible consequences not only for Sive, but for Thomasheen
The parent and child relationship in (S) is between Sive and her aunt, Mena. Sive's parents died when she was a baby, so her uncle Mike and his wife Mena brought her up. Their relationship is negative and it is clear why their relationship is negative when Mena tells Sive about her father. She tells Sive ''Your father was never a father, God forgive him'' She then tells Sive ''You are a bye-child, a common bye-child - a bastard!'' What Mena says to Sive is very cruel and she shows her bad temper when she flings Sive's schoolbag across the room angrily and tells Sive ''There will be no more school for you''. The parent and child …show more content…
It is a negative relationship because he skillfully manipulates and convinces Mena that Sive and Seán Dóta would make a good match. If he manages to make the match, Thomasheen will get £100 and his own marriage to a widow in the village, which motivates him to try his very best to convince Mena. He gets Mena on his side by promising the family £200 for the match and that Nanna will go and live with Sive as part of the match. This appeals to Mena because money is a big significance to her and of her hatred of Nanna ''It would be a great day to the house. Years I have suffered with the two of them, full of hate for me''. Mena is unsure at first because of how much older Seán Dóta is to Sive, but Thomasheen carefully changes her mind. When she asks what Mike will say, Thomasheen simply says ''Ye will have yeer own talk. You will come around him aisy. You weren't born a fool, Mena''. He is determined to make the match, which has horrible consequences not only for Sive, but for Thomasheen