up the stairs.spatial * look at the diagram of the settingVisual.* look at the diagram of the setting* look at diagrams on costume*the play is set in 1922 in a room in a tenement building in Dublin. to give this effect the wall paper on the 2 flats used was pealing off, and it was covered in brown to show the dampness coming threw.* the votive candle and the picture of the virgin Mary show the audience that this is a catholic home.*the lighting is set to a blue gel to set the atmosphere of a really cold building.(it was so cold due to the high ceilings and the lack of money to get fuel to heat the rooms.)* There is a shelf of books, this shows Mary's reading capability. Mary wants out of her families situation she wants into a higher class and out of poverty.* The Messenger news paper on the table shows the audience that this is a Christian home.* The drink on the top of the cupboard is tells the viewer that someone in the household likes to drink. visual effects in the Boyle house tell the audience so much about the people who live there even before any of the characters come on stage.Cultural* Religion in Ireland was a very important thing. Juno and her family are Catholic.*In Dublin there was a culture were the division between Catholics and Protestant was very marked, both socially and in matters of faith and methods of worship.* Having sex before marriage was a sin in the eyes of Catholics (Christians) so Marry was seen as a fallen woman in her culture.* Religion means different things to each character in this play. To Johnny its an unavailing protection against guilt, to Mary its an empty promise.To Juno it originally means ritual and help, though she is finally forced to the humanist query ‘what can god agen the stupidity o’ men?’. Jerry is ‘all man an’ no God’. Jack is too laisy to follow religion so he just tries to ignore it.people would say ‘ Jesus Christ ‘ and ‘oh God&#...
