Punk Rock - Cissy

For the past two weeks we have been working on our characters relationships and how they feel about each other as this will have a big impact on how we act the play. We have gone through each character and in detail discussed how they feel about everyone, using different colours to depict different people.

Cissy spends her life worrying about what other people think about her. She is very superficial and likes to try and please as many people as she can, but still lets Bennett control her. 

Bennett

Cissy knows that he is gay but doesn't care because of the social status he brings her, and she feels a need to help protect him and stick up for him as she does care for him just not in a loving way. She sees a stable future with him, maybe not a happy one but one that her parents would be proud of and she knows that she would be well looked after in his rich family. I think she is scared to loose him because of what her friends would say and especially if they admitted to his homosexuality, she would be completely humiliated so tries very hard to back him up and stay on his good side. 

Nicholas

Cissy likes Nicholas, he is a nice boy and easy to get on with. Nicholas has known Bennett for years so does not dislike Cissy for being with him but is still wary to get close to her so does not interact much with her. Cissy sees Nicholas as a quite manly boy so tries to tease Bennett by flirting with him, but of course it doesn't work with Bennett. 

Tristan

Cissy likes Tristan and has been friends with him for years, they get on well because he is very feminine so they conversations about girly things. They are not as close as they used to be because of her relationship with Bennett but Tristan tries not to blame Cissy, he knows it is just a cover for Bennett's sexuality and is one of the people that hint to it. 

William

Cissy feels sorry for William, he is a bit of a loner because of his odd nature so she tries to include him by making conversation with him. I think she is very shocked at the end of the play when he pulls out the gun and is in disbelief that he would do anything so drastic, until he kills Bennett and then she breaks down completely and almost gives up so does not try to stop him killing her. 

Lily

Although Cissy is wary of Lily at first they become friends because they are the only two girls in the group, so have lots in common and lots to talk about. Initially I think she feels slightly threatened by Lily's sudden popularity and so befriends her to make sure she doesn't loose her friends to her, but then genuinely grows to like her. 

Chadwick

In an ideal world if status and money didn't matter \Cissy would probably have Chadwick as her boyfriend. She secretly quite likes him but joins in with Bennett's taunting to try and hide this from the rest of the group. We see some of her true feelings come out when she kisses Chadwick. It i a very odd thing for Bennett to ask and although she is a tad scared of \\Bennett I do not think that is her only reason for kissing him, deep down she quite wanted to and maybe Bennett knows this, or just wants to create more tension as usual.