Act 2 Scene 1

Question 1

“ that’s one of the biggest investment banks in the world. You can’t talk to them that way” - skilling

“ no that’s the thing Jeff. Yes I can! They’re all so desperate to be seen alongside Enron. And who’s enrons CFO ?”- fastow

Answer 1

• will have been staged two two at talking an audible distance from brothers
  -they they make no comment to protest
• they know the don’t have the power in this situation
• capitalist values: he who has the money or value has power over all else

Question 2

Lehman brothers

Answer 2

-skilling and fastow mocking the biggest business in the US
- contextually they filed for bankruptcy a year prior

Question 3

“ everything uptstairs is bullshit compared to this” - skilling

Answer 3

-and yet the raptors are he most surreal part of Enron
- ironic

Question 4

“ she thinks she thinks her balls are cut off, what about my balls” - skilling

Answer 4

• belief in superiority over women

Question 5

• a large supportive web*

Answer 5

• like a web of lies and deceit

Question 6

leehman brother + puppet

Answer 6

• no one has a mind of their own

Question 7

“ skillings strokes the raptor” SD

Answer 7

• he has now accepted them

Question 8

“ you think she’s doing anything… untoward” - skillings

Answer 8

• highly ironic as that’s exactly what their doing
• both f and s cannot take criticism
• e.g ben volio + old man, ruthlessly punished him
• both f ans s punish those who disagree and critiques
• shows you need to cheat to get ahead in a capatlist scheme