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How does the Audience Respond to Miss Ruddock in Alan Bennett’s A Lady of Letters? What are Alan Bennett’s messages about society?
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How does the Audience Respond to Miss Ruddock in Alan Bennett's A Lady of Letters? What are Alan Bennett's messages about society? A Lady of Letters is a play about a lonely woman called Miss. Ruddock who is obsessed with writing letters. The play was originally made for TV and the only person who the audience sees in the play is Patricia Routledge who plays Miss. Ruddock. The play is a type of monologue which means that the play is a speech made by one person speaking his or her thoughts aloud or directly addressing a reader, audience or character. The effect of the monologue on the audience is to show the character's alienation, because the reader can see only one point of view, but at the same time it also creates an intimacy between the audience and Miss. Ruddock's life because she is telling us her thoughts and feelings. The thing...
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