Mrs Midas

Question 1

Poured a glass of wine

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Atmosphere is relaxed and calm, nothing out of the ordinary

Question 2

Vegetables cooked

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Normal relaxed household gender roles, woman cooking

Question 3

Sanding under the pear tree

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Stereotypical gender roles husband in garden

Question 4

Snapping

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Aggressive tone violent connotation juxtaposed with either kitchen scene.
Foreshadowing the violence that king Midas shows. Mrs Midas is scared of being touched and dying.

Question 5

Visibility poor

Answer 5

Can’t believe what she’s seeing - doesn’t understand the situation

Question 6

Dark of the ground

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Foreshadows the darkness coming and connotes that there is a storm like their rocky and stormy relationship

Question 7

But the twig in his hand was gold

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Realisation of what he’s done

Question 8

Pear from a branch like a lightbulb

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simile-comic effect juxtaposed of a fancy ear with an ordinary household item

Question 9

fairy lights on the tree?

Answer 9

question- shock of what shes seeing

Question 10

he came into the house.

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short sentence listing his actions for comedic effect

Question 11

the doorknobs gleamed

Answer 11

from mrs midas cleaning, and king midas turning everything to gold.

Question 12

you know the mind

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confused- mind starting to wonder

Question 13

feild of gold

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famous battle in english history

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miss maready

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reference to history teacher

Question 15

he sat in that chair like a king on a burnished throne

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similie- leased with himself

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burnished

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polished buttainted ike his love

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strange,wild,vain

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list- he’s unravelling. her opinion.

Question 18

God

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question- kings are always God’s appointed people

Question 19

for starters

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trying o be fancy, no longer cooked vegetables

Question 20

spitting out the teeth of the rich

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metaphor- corn being compared to golden teeth
he forgot his basic needs when asking for his wish only thinking of his wants

Question 21

his spoon,then mine,then with the knives, the forks

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suspensful

Question 22

shaking hand

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shes filled with terror. compared to when she was relaxed drinking wine earlier.

Question 23

fragrant bone dry white from italy

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trying to be fancy

Question 24

glass, goblet, golden chalice- structure

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alliteration of harsh g, guttural sound reflects stressful tone

Question 25

goblet,golden chalice

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knights and kings royal and fancy

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i started to scream

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horrified

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sank to his knees

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choking on the golden wine

Question 28

i finished the wine

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because he can no longer drink it. trying to drown out the pain

Question 29

i made him sit on the other side of the room

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had to put physical and mental distance between him because she is terrified lot all passion

Question 30

ilocked the cat in the cellar

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others are in danger as well not just her

Question 31

the toilet i didn't mind

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trying to be funny, toilet humour, golden throne.

Question 32

i moved the phone... i couldn't believe my ears: x2

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listing all the dangers. dramatic pause before he tells his side of the story

Question 33

look,

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speaking to the reader

Question 34

granted

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pun comedic attempt

Question 35

him.

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disgust

Question 36

do you know about gold?

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question posed to reader

Question 37

it feeds no one

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doesn't satisfy any needssl

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slakes

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futile for physical needs

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gazed, entranced

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still shocked and doesnt understand

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you'll be able to give up smoking for good

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attempt at humour

Question 41

separate beds

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can no longer be physical- lost intimacy in relationship

Question 42

i put a chair against my door

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physical barrier- she's scared

Question 43

turning the spare room into the tomb of tutankhamun

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metaphor- connotations of death lavish

Question 44

we were passionate then

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already lamenting the intimacy they've lost

Question 45

halcyon days

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positive connotations, god old day s

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unwrapping each other, rapidly,

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desperately undressing, passionate. ideas of gifts and riches in both way

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like presents, fast food

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similes shows passion of relationship metaphor convenient, quick satisfying and unhealthy

Question 48

his honeyed embrace

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gold sweet sticky passionate

Question 49

that would turn my lips to a work of art

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she would turn into a golden statue

Question 50

with a heart of gold

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irony shed be dead a saying that is usually associated with kindness useless if she's dead.

Question 51

its perfect ore limbs

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his son. she's still loyal to him even though he's selfish. rare ore because king midas will never have kids

Question 52

ts amber eyes holding their pupils like flies

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her dream is to have a family, he's taken that away from her.

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my dream milk burned in my breasts

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horrible imagery reflects atrocious pain shes feelingst

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streaming sun

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constant references to gold

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so he had to move out .

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short sentence. on cequence of becoming a mother

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wilds

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refers back to his wild look in stanza three hes gone crazy

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in a glade of its own

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so no one is in danger. isolated.

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he sat in the back

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shame and mystery

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the woman who married the fool

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gossip, she's ashamed of being married to a greedy mana

Question 60

at first

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change in time. suggests shw doesnt any lnger

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odd times

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pun because of the odd situation she is in and reflects the sporadic visit

Question 62

parking the car a good way off

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she's scared - doesnt want people to see or him to touch her

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you knew you were getting close

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second person moral of the story is universalg

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golden trout

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cant eat/ drink anything without it turning into gold

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a beautiful lemon mistake

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juxtaposition- the words are contrasted to show her mixed feelings towards him

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glistening

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looks nice

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thin

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he is starving because his selfish wish is catching up to him.

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delirious

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going mad, becuase lack of food, isolation, regret of wish

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music of pan from the woods

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allusion to greek mythology

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listen

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speaking to the reader a caution

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idiocy or greed

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selfishness

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lack of thought for me

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didn't think how his wishes would impact her

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pure selfishness.

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short sentence reflects self absorbed e is and ultimately sacrificed relationship

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contents of the house

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ironic, she's happily benefiting from the financial gain

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dawn, late afternoon

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golden colours

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once a bowl of apples stopped me dead

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reminder of what he did still shocked her deeply

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i miss most, even now, his hands....

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list of all the consequences of his decisions

Question 78

his touch

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still longs for something she cant have without dying. wants affection love and kindness