A Minor Role Flashcards
I’m best observed on stage
societal ideas of stoicism and being heroic associated with terminal illness
propping a spear, or making endless exits and entrances
extended metaphor of the major role society expects - almost like a distraction and heroic image
Yes, sir. O no, sir
the use of italics and dialogue depicts the speaker’s passive acceptance and conformity to the role
these midget moments, the monstrous fabric
the alliteration emphasises how the speaker attempts to cope by these seemingly insignificant actions that society prescribes to him - wants to escape from the overwhelming reality
waiting-room roles: driving to hospitals, parking at hospitals
listing reveals the mundanity of his actual reality he has to cope with - juxtaposes with the role he is expected to act out - no dramatised illness
parkings…holdings…checking…sustaining
active verb shows he he as to continuously make an effort to keep things going and pretend he’s okay
sustaining the background music of civility
attempts to still play into stoic and calm role
At home
indent shows that there will be a degree of truth - no longer has to play a role
hunger-striker / ceremonial delays
foreshadows death - reality
(bed solves a lot)
parenthesis- minor role which sows his true emotions and source of comfort
happy-all-the-way-around-the-novels
forced attempt to cope and project stoicism - jxtp prev paranthesis on his true emotions
cancel things, tidy things, pretend all’s well
the stopping juxtaposes his continuation and efforts to cope - enj emph
conjugate…tears, torpor, boredom, lassitude, yearnings
listing depicts the complexity of the struggles he must continuously face in his reality and pretend is okay
for a simpler illness, like a broken leg
sense of desperation - anything is better than a terminal illness- jxtp with stoic view of challenging an illness
Thank you/ For anything to everyone
his speech represents how he must accept and play into the role despite its pointlessness and his angers
Not the star part
indent- truth and emph his desire to live on and rejects the dramatic death
terrible drone of the Chorus: Yet to my thinking this act was ill-advised/ It would have been better to die
disregards the tragic conventional attitudes towards terminal illness- major role he doesn’t want
No it wouldn’t!
exclamatory endstop emphasises his rejection of the role - desire to live and continue
I am here to make you believe in life
short single line stanza emphasises his desire for life and rejection of dramatic death
