Men

Question 1

scene 3

Answer 1

1) ‘Van Gough’
2) ‘coloured shirts…’
3) ‘poker should not be played in a house with women’

Question 2

‘Van Gough

Answer 2

• traditional masculine setting, male dominance- sharp vivid brushstrokes monosyllabic response

Question 3

coloured shirts…

Answer 3

• foreshadow conflict, primary colours- vibrancy = when working class together true colours come out

Question 4

‘poker should not be played in a house with women’

Answer 4

• inevitable conflict when masculine invades feminine space

- Stanley: ‘leave us hens’ knew it was going to happen

Question 5

relationships

Answer 5

All relationships rehearsed, women runs away, man chases after- comment on society

Question 6

” THIS GAME IS A SEVEN CARD STUD”

Answer 6

• Poker is a game of bluff, if society like this explains why Stanley comes out positively
• boring final statement from irrelevant character- Williams banal statement, life keeps going

Question 7

‘moth’

Answer 7

symbolise fragility and vulnerability
can disguise themselves from predators using grey or white wings
- CONTRASTINGLY men = ‘strong bold colours’ compared to bland neutral tones
- ‘moths’ = epithet for women in 1947 predator = toxic male