A Temporary Matter Flashcards
what emphasizes the importance of the notice in ATM, and why is it important?
use of diction emphasizes the importance of the notice: ‘THE notice informed THEM…’
it’s important because the notice is what leads to the growth in the relationship between Shukumar and Shoba 🤍
a quote that symbolizes Shukumar’s attempt at concealing his emotions while carrying the burden of his knowledge of their stillborn?
‘He put a glass lid on a pot of lamb, adjusting it so only the slightest bit of steam could escape.’
quotes that show how the couple doesn’t make eye contact with each other in A Temporary Matter?
Shoba: ‘Her eyes were still fixed on the notice’
Shukumar: detailed description of Shukumar’s step-by-step process of cooking the lamb stew –> shows that he focuses on the lamb stew but not Shoba
quotes that show that Shukumar is trapped in the domestic unhappiness in ATM?
‘He’d forgotten to brush [his teeth]’
‘He hadn’t left the house all day’
demotivated as a phD candidate: ‘unread library books’
what is the irony of ‘a temporary matter’?
to the doctor: ‘there was nothing to indicate that she would not be able to have children in the future’
to the couple: grief is long-lasting, not temporary; grief stays with you.
-proof: Shukumar’s mother still grieves for his father after ‘twelve years’ - ‘Each night his mother cooked something his father had liked, but she was too upset to eat the dishes herself, and her eyes would well up’
what technique shows the couple’s change in ATM?
the use of antithesis: ‘… once… now…’ / ‘… used to… now’
quotes showing the intimate relationship between the couple in the past in ATM?
Shoba: ‘too eager to collapse into his arms’
‘All night she kept Shukumar’s long fingers linked with hers’
‘more eager to make love than to eat’
quote that shows the irony that Shukumar knows so much about Shoba, but still acts as though they were strangers
repetition of ‘he knew…’ (431)
