The background of this movie is full of conflict. The conflict makes them less important to do farewell in the middle of the movie. Ussually, farewell is
performed in peacefull situation. That is why this pair is not found in the end of the movie.
i. Request – Granting
The adjacency pair used in extract 9 is request - granting. A request is an action of asking somebody to do something formally or politely OALD 7
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2005:1289. It usually leads to a granting.
Extract 9: Int. Devonshire House, Dining Room –Day, Scene 117
Georgiana
: I’m going to Bath. TRYING TO SEEM
NATURAL. I shall go without you TO BESS. Bess, you stay and keep our husband company,
whilst I take the cure. 1
st
Bess :
Yes, G, why not? If G goes now, we can catch her up when you’re free. 2
nd
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In the conversation above, Georgiana says that she will go to Bath and Georgiana asks Bess to take care of her husband as she will go alone without
being accompanied by him. Bess accepts her request to take care of her husband.
j. Congratulation – Thank
The adjacency pairs used in extract 10 is congratulating - thanking.
Extract 10 Ext. Bath Park – Day, Scene 47B
Georgiana
: Hello again.
Bess :
Hello. [BEAT] Your girls are lovely. 1
st
Georgiana :
Thank you. Do you have any children? 2
nd
Bess :
I do. Three boys… Georgiana
: Three boys… What the Duke wouldn’t give any
for one them.
Bess :
She looks least like you, your eldest. Georgiana
: Yes. MAKES A DECISION. I’m sure you know
the story. DC23SC47BEXT
In the conversation above, Bess gives a congratulation to Georgiana as her baby is so beautiful. She said “Your girls are lovely”. Georgiana responds it by
saying “Thank you”.
k. Request – Challenge
The adjacency pair used in extract 11 is request - challenge. A request is an action of asking somebody to do something formally or politely OALD 7
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Extract 11 Ext. Gardens. Althorp – Day, Scene 1
Georgiana
: LOUDLY You’d better not let me down,
Charles Grey. I’ve got twenty guineas riding on you. 1
st
Grey :
Only twenty? I’d double that if I were you. 2
nd
Georgiana :
Are you ready gentlemen? Twice around the track. On my count, three…
two…one…go Georgiana
CONT’D :
Come on Grey, come on
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The conversation that occurs in scene 1 is between Georgiana, who is the Duchess of Devonshire, and Charles Grey. It occurs in Althorp garden when they
are having a run competition. In that conversation, Georgiana asks Charles Grey not to make her disappointed as Gerogiana has put a bet on him with her friends.
She has bet twenty guineas riding and she does not want to lose. She tells him “You’d better not let me down, Charles Grey. I’ve got twenty guineas riding on
