PHIL: I'm in charge. Everyone is happier. What's more important: one person or everyone?

Phil sets out the moral question of the play, asking whether the "happiness" of one person or everyone is more important

Phil sets out the moral question of the play, asking whether the "happiness" of "one person" or "everyone" is more important

Phil sets out the moral question of the play, asking whether the happiness of "one person or everyone" is more important

LOU: Because he's dead, John, he's dead, dead is what he is so we have to use that word to - JOHN TATE: Alright. New rule; that word is banned.

John Tate tries to exert control over the group by banning the use of the word dead

John Tate tries to exert control over the group by banning the use of the word "dead"

John Tate tries to exert control over the group by "banning" the use of the word dead

John Tate tries to exert "control" over the group by "banning" the use of the word "dead"

RICHARD: Danny's doing work experience at a dentist's. He hates it. Can't stand the cavities, he says when they open their mouths sometimes it feels like you're going to fall in.

According to Richard, Danny "hates" his "work experience at the dentist's"

According to Richard, Danny "hates" his work "experience" at the "dentist's"

According to Richard, Danny "hates" his work experience at the dentist's

According to Richard, Danny hates his "work experience" at the dentist's

MARK: So we're all peggin them. Laughing. And his face, it's making you laugh harder and harder, and they're getting nearer and nearer. And one hits his head. And the shock on his face is so ... funny. And we're all just... just... really chucking those stones into him, really hard and laughing and he slips. And he drops.

Mark's account of what "happened" to Adam begins with laughter and ends with the shock of his fall

Mark's account of what happened to Adam begins with "laughter" and ends with the shock of his fall

Mark's account of what happened to "Adam" begins with laughter and ends with the "shock" of his "fall"

Mark's account of what happened to Adam begins with laughter and ends with the shock of his fall

RICHARD: And in that second, Phil I knew that there was life on other planets. I knew we weren't alone in the universe, I didn't just think it or feel it, I knew it, I know it, it was as if the universe was suddenly shifting and giving me a glimpse, this vision that could see everything, just for a fraction of a heartbeat of a second. But I couldn't see who they were or what they were doing or how they were living

Richard describes having a "vision" of extraterrestrial life, reassuring him that human beings are not alone in the universe

Richard describes having a vision of extraterrestrial life, reassuring him that human beings are not alone in the "universe"

Richard describes having a "vision" of extraterrestrial "life", reassuring him that "human beings" are not "alone in the universe"

Richard describes having a "vision" of extraterrestrial life, reassuring him that human beings are not "alone in the universe"

BRIAN: That was great! PHIL: You just do what Cathy says. BRIAN: I am brilliant at doing what people say.

Broken by being forced to lie to the police, Brian accepts his new role with the group by agreeing that he is brilliant at "doing what people say"

Broken by being forced to lie to the police, Brian accepts his new role with the group by agreeing that he is brilliant at doing what people say

Broken by being forced to lie to the police, Brian accepts his new role with the group by agreeing that he is "brilliant at doing what people say"

Broken by being forced to lie to the police, Brian accepts his new role with the group by agreeing that "he is brilliant at doing what people say"

LEAH: So. Adam. How's ... how's ... how's things? ADAM: I know my name. LEAH: Yes, you do. ADAM: Adam, it's Adam, my name's Adam.

By stating "I know my name" as if it is a remarkable piece of information, Adam demonstrates how badly injured he is

Adam's repetition of his name demonstrates how badly injured he is

Adam's repetitions hint that he might have just been reminded of his name by Leah using it to address him: "Adam, it's Adam, my name is Adam"

CATHY: It took me half an hour to get him to come out. BRIAN: D'you feel how wonderful this day is? CATHY: I used violence. BRIAN: She did. CATHY: I threatened to gouge one of his eyes out.

When Cathy reports that she got Adam out of his hiding place by threatening "to gouge one of his eyes out", she speaks boastfully of her violence

When Cathy reports that she got Adam out of his hiding place by "threatening to gouge one of his eyes out", she speaks boastfully of her violence

When Cathy reports that she got Adam out of his hiding place by threatening to gouge "one of his eyes out", she speaks boastfully of her violence

When Cathy reports that she got Adam out of his hiding place by threatening to gouge one of his eyes out, she speaks boastfully of her violence

RICHARD: Phil, Phil, watch this! Phil, watch me, watch me, Phil! He walks on his hands. See? See what I'm doing? Can you see, Phil?

Richard behaves like a jester, trying to win Phil's approval with his "handstands" and his repeated request "watch this! Phil, watch me, watch me, Phil!"

Richard behaves like a jester, trying to win Phil's approval with his handstands and his repeated request: "watch this! Phil, watch me, watch me, Phil!"

Richard behaves like a jester, trying to win Phil's approval with his handstands and his repeated request watch this! Phil, watch me, watch me, Phil!

Richard behaves like a "jester", trying to win Phil's "approval" with his handstands and his repeated request: "watch this!" Phil, "watch me, watch me", Phil!

LEAH: What, like I talk too much? Is that it? That I talk too much, you, sitting there in absolute silence thinking "Leah talks too much, I wish she'd shut up once in a while" is that it, is that what you're because don't, you know, judge, you know, because alright, I do. There, I'm admitting, I am admitting, I talk too much, so shoot me.

Leah "accuses", "confesses" and "condemns" herself for talking "too much"

Leah accuses, confesses and condemns herself for talking "too much"

Leah accuses, confesses and condemns herself for talking "too" much

Leah accuses, confesses and condemns herself for talking "too" "much"

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GCSE English Literature DNA - Illustrating and Supporting P…

To get valuable revision in before your GCSE English Literature exam, play this quiz. It is about Dennis Kelly’s DNA and looks at illustrating and supporting p…

Written by Rebecca HughesReviewed by Dr. Emma ClarkeUpdated 17 Mar 2026

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Topic: Illustrating And Supporting Points

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Duration: 10 min

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Focus: developing Illustrating And Supporting Points arguments with text references, not plot retelling.

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To get valuable revision in before your GCSE English Literature exam, play this quiz. It is about Dennis Kelly’s DNA and looks at illustrating and supporting points. It is for year 10 and year 11 students and explains how to use evidence by paraphrasing and quoting words or phrases from the text.

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