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What connections are there between “Anansi” and “Billy Liar”?
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What connections are there between "Anansi" and "Billy Liar"? The plays "Anansi" and "Billy Liar" were written in very different times. Anansi was written in 1992 and is set in 1790 on a ship travelling from Africa, wheras Billy Liar was written in and is set in an industrial north England town in 1960. The main connection between the two plays is the feeling of being trapped and having a lack of control between the two main characters and the similar methods they use to escape this. In "Anansi" the escaping character was the 'girl'; she was being shipped to an unknown land to be sold into slavery and had no control over the situation she was forced into. In "Billy Liar" the character with a lack of control was 'Billy Fisher'; Billy has frustrated ambitions and feels the environment in which he lives is holding him back. The 'girl' in...
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