Our Country's Good (Monologues of Sideway, Liz and Ketch)

Task 1
Liz Morden
Still image1: Liz Morden's father blames her for stealing and she is caught by the police. The expression on Liz's face is confusion and betrayed, while her father is trying to look innocent.
Still image2: Liz's brother suggests that she becomes a prostitute in order to earn a living. Liz's brother looks hopeful for his sister, but at the same time, desperate to shoo her away.

This deepened my understanding of injustice in the society at that period of time because there was a possibility of being betrayed even by your own family. It also shows that Liz's background is very dark and her escape routes are limited to those of the 'underworld'.

Ketch
By hotseating, we found out that Ketch was allegedly accused of manslaughter/murder. He was threatened to give names of the other people involved, or he would be hanged. So he did.
Some members of the group thought it was the only thing he could do to keep his neck away from the noose, while others thought the 'real' murderers deserved the hanging.

To me, it showed that even the justice system was shadowy and flawed. It felt like the justice system was not built to protect people, but to find faults in everyone so they could be hanged one way or another. It felt like exploitation.