Essay on Blood Brothers Does Willy Russell want the audience to blame Mrs Johnstone in the scene where she agrees to give one of her children away? What dramatic and linguistic techniques does Willy Russell use to influence the audience's emotions? Blood Brothers is a musical set in the 1970s. Mrs Johnstone has 7 children and is expecting twins, but cannot afford to care for both and is forced to give one to Mrs Lyons. They swear on the Bible but at first Mrs. Johnstone is a little hesitant because she doesn't really want to reveal any. We will look at the evidence and see who is to blame for Mrs Johnstone giving away one of the children. The first person I will blame for this is Mrs. Johnstone because she shouldn't have risked having more children if she knew it would just make them "manage with one more mouth to feed." She also should have known that twins were possible and if she hadn't taken the risk she shouldn't have given any of her children away. The second person I will blame is the gynecologist (narrator) because I think he knew they were going to be twins because he suddenly gave up milk and became a doctor. I also didn't think he wasn't a real doctor because he uses jargon like "let's listen to the baby's heartbeat" while a real doctor would probably have said "let's listen to the baby's heartbeat then". blame Mr Johnstone because if he hadn't left Mrs Johnstone she would probably have been able to "scratch on" with an extra mouth to feed. That way she wouldn't have to give one of her babies to Mrs. Lyons. Fourth, I will blame the government because they never helped her by giving her benefits when she needed them. If the government gave her money she wouldn't say “if I'm careful I can scrape together”.