Havisham quotes Flashcards
1
Q
‘Dark green pebbles for eyes’
A
- green is associated with envy
- metaphor
- just as pebbles are hard and cold so she is suggesting she has become cold on the inside.
2
Q
‘ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with’
A
Ropes suggests that she could kill him with her bare hands.
-veins on the back of her hands become more prominent due to her age.
3
Q
‘beloved sweetheart bastard’
A
- alliteration~ draws attention to the phrase
- oxymoron~ the contrast suggests both her previous love for him and also the way she now hates him
4
Q
‘not a day since then I haven’t wished him dead’
A
- emphasis on dead at the end of the sentence
- ‘not a day since then’ tells us that she has spent every day since her wedding day hoping he is dead.
