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13 Oct 2022

 

Algernon Goes Bunyburying

Directions: The very end of Act One finds Algernon getting ready for his weekend at Bunyburying. Consider the following questions below to help analyze this section of the text.

 

1. "[Lane presents several letters on a salver too Algernon. It is to be surmised that they are bills, as "Algernon, after looking at the envelopes, tears them up. 'What does this suggest about Algernon?

 

2. What does Algernon ask Lane to get ready for the weekend? What do these things saegests about Algernon?

 

3. Tack. If you don't take care, your friend Bunbury will get you into a serious scrape some day. Algernon. I love scrapes. They are the only things that are never serious."

 

How does Jack's line provide some foreshadowing as to what will come later in the play?

 

Consider the connotations of the ward "scrape."

 

What does this suggest about the seriousness of Algernon's Bunburying?

 

What word does Algernon use that could give us a hint that he and Jack are actually brothers?

 

4. "Algernon lights a cigarette, reads his shirt-cuff, and smiles." Consider these final stage directions for Algernon. What do these actions suggest about his character?