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Mrs Midas Flashcards

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Poured a glass of wine

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Atmosphere is relaxed and calm, nothing out of the ordinary

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Vegetables cooked

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Normal relaxed household gender roles, woman cooking

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Sanding under the pear tree

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Stereotypical gender roles husband in garden

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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.

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Visibility poor

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

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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

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But the twig in his hand was gold

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Realisation of what he’s done

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Pear from a branch like a lightbulb

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

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fairy lights on the tree?

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question- shock of what shes seeing

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he came into the house.

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short sentence listing his actions for comedic effect

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the doorknobs gleamed

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

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12
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you know the mind

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confused- mind starting to wonder

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feild of gold

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famous battle in english history

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14
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miss maready

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reference to history teacher

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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.

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God

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question- kings are always God’s appointed people

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19
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for starters

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trying o be fancy, no longer cooked vegetables

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20
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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

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21
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his spoon,then mine,then with the knives, the forks

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suspensful

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shaking hand

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

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23
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fragrant bone dry white from italy

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trying to be fancy

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glass, goblet, golden chalice- structure

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alliteration of harsh g, guttural sound reflects stressful tone

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goblet,golden chalice

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knights and kings royal and fancy

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26
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i started to scream

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horrified

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27
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sank to his knees

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choking on the golden wine

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i finished the wine

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

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29
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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

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30
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ilocked the cat in the cellar

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others are in danger as well not just her

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31
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the toilet i didn’t mind

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trying to be funny, toilet humour, golden throne.

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32
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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

33
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look,

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speaking to the reader

34
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granted

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pun comedic attempt

35
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him.

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disgust

36
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do you know about gold?

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question posed to reader

37
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it feeds no one

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doesn’t satisfy any needssl

38
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slakes

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futile for physical needs

39
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gazed, entranced

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still shocked and doesnt understand

40
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you’ll be able to give up smoking for good

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attempt at humour

41
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separate beds

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can no longer be physical- lost intimacy in relationship

42
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i put a chair against my door

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physical barrier- she’s scared

43
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turning the spare room into the tomb of tutankhamun

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metaphor- connotations of death lavish

44
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we were passionate then

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already lamenting the intimacy they’ve lost

45
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halcyon days

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positive connotations, god old day s

46
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unwrapping each other, rapidly,

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

47
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like presents, fast food

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

48
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his honeyed embrace

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gold sweet sticky passionate

49
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that would turn my lips to a work of art

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she would turn into a golden statue

50
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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.

51
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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

52
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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.

53
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my dream milk burned in my breasts

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horrible imagery reflects atrocious pain shes feelingst

54
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streaming sun

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constant references to gold

55
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so he had to move out .

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short sentence. on cequence of becoming a mother

56
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wilds

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

57
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in a glade of its own

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so no one is in danger. isolated.

58
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he sat in the back

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shame and mystery

59
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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

60
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at first

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change in time.
suggests shw doesnt any lnger

61
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odd times

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

62
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parking the car a good way off

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

63
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you knew you were getting close

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second person
moral of the story is universalg

64
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golden trout

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cant eat/ drink anything without it turning into gold

65
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a beautiful lemon mistake

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

66
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glistening

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looks nice

67
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thin

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

68
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delirious

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

69
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music of pan from the woods

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allusion to greek mythology

70
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listen

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speaking to the reader a caution

71
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idiocy or greed

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selfishness

72
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lack of thought for me

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didn’t think how his wishes would impact her

73
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pure selfishness.

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short sentence reflects self absorbed e is and ultimately sacrificed relationship

74
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contents of the house

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ironic, she’s happily benefiting from the financial gain

75
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dawn, late afternoon

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golden colours

76
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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

77
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i miss most, even now, his hands….

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list of all the consequences of his decisions

78
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his touch

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

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