JUNO

Juno and Mary get the news of Johnny’s death:

○ Juno: "Mary, me darlin’, put on your things an’ come with me. ... Get ready, I
say, you’re comin’ with me."
○ Mary: "What for, mammy?"
○ Juno: "Johnny’s dead, an’ I’ll not leave you here in this house to be insulted."

Juno decides to leave Jack and devote herself to her daughter and future
grandchild:

○ Juno: "I’m finished with you. I’ll take Mary an’ go to me own family. ... What
good are you to me? What good are you to anyone? A worthless loafer, a
good-for-nothing coward!"
○ Juno: "I’ll never set eyes on you again."

She leaves with a deliberate repetition of Mrs. Tancred’s speeches in Act 2:

○ Juno: "What am I goin’ to do? What am I goin’ to do at all? God help me, what
am I goin’ to do at all? What am I goin’ to do?"

BOYLE

Jack's obliviousness and fantasies:

○ Jack: "An’ I’ll tell you somethin’ else. I had a great fight, a gran’ fight, a fight
that ud make your heart leap wid pride if you knew it. ... Oh, I’m tired waitin’
for somethin’ to happen. I’m goin’ out to make somethin’ happen. I’ll fight, I’ll
fight till I die, an’ then I’ll fight after death!"

Hope for the future lying in the unborn grandchild:

○ Juno: "There’s Mary’s child, anyway. It’ll have no father. ... But Mary’s a good
girl, an’ with God’s help, she’ll rear it up to be a credit to her, an’ to me too,
please God."

Jack's recognition of chaos in his home and seeing it as a reflection of the

world:

○ Jack: "An’ look at this house – what is it now? Only a rack of bones – it’s like
a battlefield that’s been raked over, a blasted battlefield."
Development of characters and relationships

JUNO

Juno: "Take off your things an’ sit down, Mary. ... Now, tell me what happened." (Upon
hearing about Johnny's death)

BOYLE

Jack: "I’ll be in the thick of it myself again some day, mark my words. An’ when that day
comes, Juno, you’ll see what I’ll do."

MARY

Mary: "What is it all about? What am I to do at all? ... I can’t help thinkin’ that God is a bit
unjust, leavin’ us all this trouble an’ no one to help us."

MRS MADIGAN

Mrs. Madigan: "Ah, don’t be too hard on her, sergeant. Sure, isn’t it bad enough for her to
lose her son without bein’ put through the third degree?"

JOXER

Joxer: "That’s the way the money goes, pop goes the weasel. ... There’s divil a thrue word
said when the glass is empty."