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How does Bennett create sympathy for Doris?
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... How does Bennett create sympathy for Doris? A monologue is one person speaking their thoughts aloud or directly addressing a reader or audience. 'Talking Heads' is a series of monologues written by Alan Bennett; it was first aired on the BBC in 1987. 'A Cream Cracker under the Settee' is a monologue about a 75 year old woman called Doris played by Thora Hird who likes to keep her home well kept but the lady who comes to help clean her house, Zulema, does not seem to be doing a great job. The care home that she dislikes may be the only place left for her, but it seems that she would rather die. In this monologue Bennett creates sympathy for Doris is many ways. Doris is a frail old woman who lives on her own. She has "a pacemaker and dizzy spells". In the monologue she falls off a buffet as
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