Chapter 2 Flashcards
Emily Tallis… lay back against the pillows, her expression unreadable in the gloom
Briony was lost to her writing fantasies
The chocolate millionaire
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Her movements were savage, and she would not meet his eye. He did not exist, he was banished, and this was also the punishment.
What POV is this ?
Cecelia
How is C and Rs relationship introducted?
“Her childhood friend and university acquaintance , Robbie turner”
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Ugliness of Tallis home
Crime scene
“Morning sunlight, or any light could not conceal the ugliness of the Tasllus home”
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Emily Tallis moral crime
Neglect children
“When she wasn’t nurturing her migraines, seemed distant, even unfriendly”
“expression unreadable in the gloom”
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Briony is lost to writing
As a consequence of no mother figure
“Briony was lost to her writing fantasies”
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Failure of the play but more importantly the failure in life
“Project would end in calamity”
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Pathetic fallacy
Builds tension
“Uncomfortable and hot”
Tension being built up between relationship
C talks about R in a sensual way / she’s attracted to him
“She liked his eyes”
“She liked the facts that he was so tall”
Tension about relationship
“ was he pretending to be jealous to conceal the fact that he was?”
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She avoids confronting the obvious - attraction between 2
What does the broken vase symbolise ?
Fragmented relationship
Sognicsnce of extensive description ?
Makes chapter move very slow.
It contributed to the hot summer day
Robbie assumes full responsibility
Little guilt / accusations foreshadow his life long accusations
“He assumed full responsibility “
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What POV is this ?
Cecelia
