Blood Relations Lesson Plan

What parallels can be drawn between Lizzie and the pigeons? What makes these parallels significant and/or interesting in the context of the play as a whole thus far?

For this question, students should consider more deeply the symbolism of birds (which they visited in the discussion questions on Day 1), specifically in relation to Lizzie’s circumstances (for instance, they might note Andrew’s violent protectiveness over the birds, which he seems to consider property objects more than living creatures, to the point of needing to keep them in a locked shed; or, they might point to Lizzie's carousel dream in which the pigeons' eyes are described as “round…and bright…a light...