Mrs.Midas Part 3

Question 1

“how hed had a wish.” “Look,” “we all have wishes;granted?”

Answer 1

• ”how he had a wish”- enjambment reflect Mrs.Midas’ disbelief a she hears the confession from Midas
• ”look,”- commanding tone, shows anger
• we all have wishes; granted?- the pun of the granted, the rhetorical question and the one word sentence, all convey a sense of disgust from mrs.m

Question 2

“It feeds no one; aurum, soft, un tarnish able; slakes”

Answer 2

•mrs m answers her own rhetorical question explicity statint he foolishness of her husbands wish

Question 3

“I said, youll be able to give up smoking for good.”

Answer 3

•humour- on a more positive note, midas will now stop smoking

Question 4

“Seperate beds” “infact, i put a chair against my door”

Answer 4

• ”seperate beds”- sumamrises the full effect on their relationship in a single statement
• ”infact, i put chair against my door”- mrs midas’ terror of her husband touching her is continued and emphasised

Question 5

“near petrified.” “He was below, turning the spare room”

Answer 5

•”he was below, turning the spare room”- humour again, this symbolises that their relationship and dreams are effectivley dead

Question 6

“into the tomb if tutanhkaman.” “You see, we were passionate then”

Answer 6

•the separateness of the couple is further highlighted by the contrasting it with the fulfilling and passionate relationship they enjoyed before midas was granted his wish

Question 7

“But now i feared his honeyed embrace.”

Answer 7

•however, she now rightly fears midas’ touch as it would be deadly to her

Question 8

with “a heart of gold?” That night, i dreamt i bore

Answer 8

•metaphor that i usually positive and sweet, is inverted to that it would literally be impossible to live with a heart of gold

Question 9

“his child, its perfect ore limbs, its little tongue”

Answer 9

•list used to describe the physical features of their baby that she dreamt about

Question 10

“holding their pupils like flies.” “My dream-milk”

Answer 10

•this descends into a disturbing image

Question 11

“burned in my breasts.” “I woke to the streaming sun”

Answer 11

• ”burning in my breasts”- sadly her milk will remain a dream as long as her husbands has this gift
• ”i woke to the streaming sun”- sibilance, suns gold as she wakes up and everything else is gold when she wakes up as-well, gold dominates everything