The scene we're performing

At the beginning of this scene, Helena and Alison are enjoying a cup of tea and talking about the past few months, Alison talks about how so many times she's managed to stop herself coming back and how she couldn't believe this place existed. Helena soon realises she wants to leave and has a sudden moment of realisation, and her moral standards re-assert themselves, she relates her statements to religion and she gains her strength from religion and wants to do what she belives is morally right. Alison's scared of Helena leaving Jimmy as she doesn't want Jimmy to be alone as she knows he wont like it, although both of them realise that Jimmy's politics don't belong in the1950s but they interpret them very differently. for Helena he's a revolutionary in 18th century France, and for Alison he's an 'Eminent Victorian'. Alison feels sympathy for Jimmy even though the way he treats her, and after she lost his child and he was so harsh about it as losing her child made Alison realise the true nature of love, to Jimmy it meant nothing, he states this when he says 'it wasn't his first loss'. Even the loss of her baby is worthwhile to her because it has made her what Jimmy has always wanted her to be - 'stupid, ugly and ridiculous'. Alison's last lines are exactly what Jimmy was longing for all along, it shows how far she has changed and not even being with Jimmy has made her that way, she states she 'wants to be corrupt and futile' to please Jimmy. At the end they talk about being squirrels and having a laugh and a real connection, and I think this is a significant moment in the scene as this is their parallel universe, where they escape from the real world and create their own little world. This scene has most definitely been an emotional challenge for our group but we have enjoyed it so much so far.