About the monologue
In Arsehammers a young boy mishears his parents discussing his Granddad’s Alzheimer's in whispered voices and thinks the secrecy means it must be a rude word! He then goes off on a flight of fancy, imagining his granddad as a Superhero with magic powers. His theories all seem to fit in with his Granddad’s true predicament.
Developing a character from the monologue
To develop this monologue I have changed the gender of the character making it a young girl. The monologue tells me that she has been living with her mother, farther, sister and additional granddad since her grandmother passed away, she has grown to understand that even though her mother told her different there are no such thing as angles and that her grandma is just simply dead. Her younger sister is called Claudia and she has a very close relationship with her granddad and this leaves her confused on whether she is happy or sad that her granddad is going into a home. Near the end she also tells her younger sister that angles don't exist.
key points
- Girl around 7 years of age
- Understands her grandmothers death
- Unsettled emotions over her grandads condition (alzheimer's)
- Unsure of the actions that follow her grandads illness
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