Lesson Two

Task One

During Lesson Two, in our groups of five we put together a five minute version of 'D.N.A'.

• How did we do this?

We highlighted the key points of the play, being: Adam's death; The framing of the postman; Adam coming back to life and The friends coming apart. Put them together, in less than a minute.

• How did it help me?

It gave me a clearer understanding of the play and how other groups interpreted it and the characters.

• What did I notice about all the pieces that were created, were there moments that were the same?

All the groups found that the important parts they highlighted were about the same, we all realised the important parts.




We discussed the role of the postman - a character that is never seen and doesn’t speak.

• What is the importance of this character of the play?

This character has a rather large part in the play which is very interesting considering, he doesn't speak and we don't see him at all. A lot of it revolves around the postman, because he is who the main characters are attempting frame for Adams murder. According to them, the postman is not real and just a figment of their imaginations, but when they find him they decide to use him for D.N.A which ends up putting him in the place of the murder. So this innocent character who's not even meant to be real becomes wrongly imprisoned for something he had nothing to do with.




Task Two


During our lessons we made 4 very big 'ROLL-ON-THE-WALLS- for the characters Leah, Phil, Brian and Adam.

Our group had Adam.

• Why did we create these?

We created these to get to know our characters a little bit better, to be able to describe what they were feeling and what they portrayed.

• Did we find out anything new about the characters our group was working on?

Our group thought very deeply looking into the language Adam used in the script and thinking about maybe his background and family life. We discovered that Adam maybe had Schizophrenia and had 'imaginary friends' controlling him. His sisters made his life no easier and he was terrified of his abusive step-father. All Adam wanted to do was fit in and have real friends and he would have done anything to fit in.

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On the last post of this blog, you will find our role on the wall exercise, look for Adam!