The Outside Dog

... Twentieth Century Drama - Literature Coursework How does Alan Bennett sustain the audience's interest in the monologue "The Outside Dog"? In the Outside dog, Alan Bennett uses the character of Marjory to narrate, but we are also shown how in denial she has become during a long and unfair relationship with her husband, or rather her husband and his dog - Stuart and Tina. We feel sympathy towards Marjory but are curious as to why and how she has developed such strange attitudes. From the outset, there seems to be a bitter rivalry between Marjory and Tina, which sustains the reader's interest as we can all relate to jealousy. Marjory feels excluded from the relationship between her husband and his dog. Bennett involved this cleverly as only the best writers are the ones who write what you're thinking. Bennett reveals Marjory's character slowly and deliberately, using a mixture of information, humour and

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