A Minor Role Flashcards
1
Q
Analyse ‘i’m best observed on stage’
A
Metaphor suggests the narrator feels more comfortable, and perhaps feels more comfortable, when ‘performing’
2
Q
Sibilence in the poem
A
‘Shrinks to unwanted sniggers’
3
Q
What is significant about ‘the monstrous fabric’
A
-The metaphor implies the intricacy of performance but this is also presented as daugnting
4
Q
‘soft-centered happy-all-the-way-through-novels’
A
Language represents forced/unnatural behaviour as the speaker pretends to be okay
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