doll's house Flashcards
The dolls house as a representation on the Burnell’s house (symbolism)
There stood the doll’s house, a dark, oily, spinach green, picked out with bright yellow… But perfect, perfect little house!
Kezia and the symbolism of the lamp
But what Kezia liked more than anything, what she liked frightfully, was the lamp … But the lamp was perfect. It seemed to smile at Kezia, to say, “I live here.”
Isabel’s authority/personality
“I’m to tell,” said Isabel, “because I’m the eldest.
Class discrimination in school
Playtime came and Isabel was surrounded. The girls of her class nearly fought to put their arms round her, to walk away with her, to beam flatteringly, to be her special friend.
Kelveys as outcasts
They knew better than to come anywhere near the Burnells.
The Kelveys poverty in comparison with the Burnells
The truth was they were dressed in “bits” given to her by the people for whom she worked. Lil… came to school in a dress made from a green art-serge table-cloth of the Burnells’,…
Else depicted as fragile and strange
But whatever our Else wore she would have looked strange. She was a tiny wishbone of a child, with cropped hair and enormous solemn eyes—a little white owl
Kezias fixation on the lamp, symbolism
When she finished Kezia broke in. “You’ve forgotten the lamp, Isabel.”
Kezia trying to break barriers and trying to include Kelveys
“Mother,” said Kezia, “can’t I ask the Kelveys just once?” “Certainly not, Kezia.” “But why not?” “Run away, Kezia; you know quite well why not.”
Kelveys being bullied
“Is it true you’re going to be a servant when you grow up, Lil Kelvey?” shrilled Lena. ….
This was such a marvellous thing to have said that the little girls rushed away in a body, deeply, deeply excited, wild with joy
The symbolism of the white gates and Kezia being the bridge between rich and poor
…she began to swing on the big white gates of the courtyard. Presently, looking along the road, she saw two little dots. They grew bigger, they were coming towards her… Kezia clambered back on the gate; she had made up her mind; she swung out.
Closure, and finding hope
Presently our Else nudged up close to her sister. But now she had forgotten the cross lady. She put out a finger and stroked her sister’s quill; she smiled her rare smile. “I seen the little lamp,” she said, softly. Then both were silent once more.
‘Like two little stray cats’
‘Shooed them out as if they were chickens’
‘She had frightened those little rats’
animal imagery
