"No, Thank You, John." Flashcards
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Title
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Very assertive
‘TY’ - remains polite & tactful - to play into the expectations of the feminine fig.
John - ref. to JB? Very common name - represents all men??
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structure & form
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ABAB rhyme scheme - predictability/rigidity of societal expectations?
each stanza is end stopped - marking her new strategies to dissuade him
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masculine/subversive nature
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- ‘let us strike hands as hearty friends’
business deal, ‘friends’ - establishes herself as equal, transgressing the separate spheres ideology
‘here’s friendship…but love, - No, Thank You, John.’ - makes own proposition, asserting masculine dominance & never apologises - she is not meek or passive
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