Analyse Bennett's scene directions and language in the play. How does he convey the complexity and her feelings about society?

... Analyse Bennett's scene directions and language in the play. How does he convey the complexity and her feelings about society? By Jamie Theobald 10sjw Alan Bennett's portrayal of a lonely old woman provokes many contrasting emotions from the reader and audience, two of which are sympathy and antipathy. Due to the fact that the chosen medium is a monologue stage directions play a very important part (Bennett also likes to take control of how his plays are interpreted). The first stage direction mentions 'her semi-detached house', this indicates that the character of Doris is aspirant middle-class, this along with other things helps to stress her snobbish personality. The house has 1960s furnishings and shows how Doris doesn't want to move on from her prime (when she was happily married to Wilfred and was pregnant with her first child) and tends to dwell in the past, this indicates the insecurity of her character about

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