Frank and Lydia

• FRANK: A fortunate and kind man who believes in luck.

  Frank was constantly one year too old to have been drafted, which could link back to his beliefs in the horoscopes.

  Instead of fighting, he courted and married Lydia: he has a good job, family and house: he appears to be living the AD.
• FRANK: Frank is superstitious, fuelling Kates false hopes. But it could also be said he plays into the stars to make sense of him always being to old to be drafted.
• They are part of the Greek Chorus.
• Frank and Lydia allow audience access into the past of Ann and George. (Greek Chorus)
• They are characterised by social stereotypes.
• FRANK: 'Larry was born in August. He'd been twenty-seven this month. And his tree blows down.'  
• 'without frank the stars wouldn't know when to come out' pg29
• ANNIE: 'why, frank, you're losing your hair' pg29
• MOTHER: 'she's a genius, you should've married her'
• LYDIA 'yeah it was one, two, three - you've been away a long time.' 


  quantifiers dehumanizes her babies plus her connection to them: woman's role is to mother.
• GEORGE 'they never took Frank, heh?'
• LYDIA: '[a little sadly, almost embarrassed] would you like to see my babies?' pg60
• MOTHER: 'while you were getting mad about fascism frank was getting into her bed.' pg61
• 'big dope'
• LYDIA: 'she going to get married? is there anybody...' pg11
• 'is she still unhappy, joe?'