Taste of Honey: From dependence to independence :: English Literature

Taste of H atomic number 53y From dependence to independenceA Taste of dulcify was write by Shelagh Delaney when she was 18, andpublished in 1958. Four years later, in 1962, it was off into afilm. It shows life as it really was for umpteen people in and around theslums of Salford, near Manchester, living with the poor housing andlack of opportunity. The characters ar genuine you can reallybelieve in them. Some of the characters were in all different fromthe usual straight-laced characters that were so common in thekitchen-sink dramas that were around at the quantify. For instance, ahomosexual, a young pregnant unmarried girl, a semi-whore return and ablack sailor all living in the equal areas, and some even living in thesame houses as all(prenominal) other. This was completely different from thesafe plays of the time. there is hope in the play the characters,especially Jo, are able to overcome their fears and problems and carryon with their lives.The characters in a taste of honey speak like typical working variancepeople in the north of England. There are not many examples ofregional dialect, but there are a few, such as when Helen says, Eee,theres a terrible draught, showing that Helen is a resident ofLancashire. The characters drop letters, qualification them sound morecommon. There are many examples of this, including Jo saying, Youpacked em, and Helen saying, Turn em all. This shows that Helenand Jo are ordinary, common, working class or lower, people.The ancient Greeks believed that a play had to be realistic, and thatto be realistic the transaction of the play should have one setting. Thetime the play took to act should be equal to the time covered in theplot and that the play should have only one main story. The Greekscalled these ideas the three unties of time, action and place. Thisis different to a taste of honey in that the play, although onlyhaving one main plot, has a sub-plot. The main story is the story ofJo, and the sub-plot being Helens story.There are many objects in the play which could contain a transcendentalmeaning, from something a simple as darkness or a gay bulb, todeeper things such as an eye patch or children singing. The list isendless. The in truth first instance of symbolism is the plays title, ataste of honey. A taste is a very small amount for a short period oftime. Honey is sweet, and therefore honey represents good. From Jospoint of view, her life is bad.