![]() Jo’s boyfriend is black and he refers to himself as Othello, a black army general from the play by William Shakespeare. Peter wears a black patch which gives him a look rather like a pirate, perhaps reflecting his roguish ways. His reason is that they are cheap, Good clothes cost money, he reminds Jo when she tells him that his black shirts make him look like a spiv. Interestingly, the three men in the play are all linked to the colour black in some way. A short while later Helen describes her bed as a coffin, Like a coffin only not half as comfortable, and does not shy away from talking about her own mortality when she says that one day she too will have to use a coffin. In the dream Helen’s body was found buried under a rosebush, another macabre link to the theme of death. Jo tells Helen that she had a dream about her the previous night. Even in daylight the flat itself is dark and dreary and overlooks a slaughterhouse which brings with it connotations of darkness and death. She dislikes the darkness in the flat as she has never got used to being left alone at night whilst Helen goes out socialising. Jo is afraid of the dark inside the flat although she welcomes the approach of winter, telling her boyfriend, Doesn’t it go dark early? I like winter. There are several references to darkness and death in A Taste of Honey. ![]() Happiness, darkness and death in A Taste of Honey (play)
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