Mrs Midas 10 Marker: Consequences

Question 1

“It will blind you with tears like a lover”

Answer 1

Consequences of loving is that it can make you cry. Part of extended metaphor of onion.

Question 2

“Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring”

Answer 2

Extended metaphor of onion. Consequence of marriage is that it can be constricting

Question 3

“Possessive and faithful”

Answer 3

Love can be positive but can be negative and full of jealousy and distrust. Hard to separate these aspects

Question 4

“It will make your reflection a wobbling photo of grief”

Answer 4

A second warning that relationships can be painful as you make yourself vulnerable by getting close to someone else and have potential to be hurt

Question 5

“Running children in a nightmare heat”

Answer 5

Consequence of war is its impact on children in the country being attacked. Children being harmed/killed

Question 6

“A hundred agonies in black and white from which his editor will pick out five or six”

Answer 6

Consequence of being a war photographer and risking your life and suffering mentally to take images is that the editor doesn’t care and only cares about the quality of images. Not all images which have a significant memory for the photographer will even be looked at by his editor