Isolation and Loneliness Flashcards
“The poor dope, he always —- a pool. Well, in——-, he got—– pool, only the price—— to be a little high.”
“The poor dope, he always wanted a pool. Well, in the end, he got himself a pool, only the price turned out to be a little high.”
the scene of him in the phone booth
The wooden phone booth serves as a visual prison, emphasizing the character’s entrapment. The doors and glass panels box him in, symbolizing his lack of freedom or escape
“It was a ———- of a place, ——-crazy people built in the twenties”
“It was a great big white elephant of a place, the kind crazy people built in the twenties”
“A —– house that gets—— looks, this one —- in —–”
“A neglected house that gets unhappy looks, this one gets it in spades”
“Why have you kept ——— for so long?”
“Why have you kept me waiting for so long?”
“The whole place was —- with —– of —— paralysis”
“The whole place was stricken with a kind of creepin paralysis”
How could she even breathe in that house ——– with Norma Desmonds? ——– Desmonds. ———-Norma Desmonds
How could she even breathe in that house so crowded with Norma Desmonds? More Norma Desmonds. And still more Norma Desmonds
Artie party compared to Norma
Only one drink seen in arties party, punch in which he is stringent about the drink limit, whereas Norma has heaps of wine, champange, caviar and more.
Normas party is nothing but desolation and silence, suffocating herself with Norma desmonds. Whereas arties party is packed with partygoers, laughs,chatter and cheer.
