No thank you John Flashcards
1
Q
The female speaker asserts the power to reject a man
A
‘I never said i loved you John’
‘I’d rather answer No to fifty Johns than answer yes to you’
‘Use your common sense’
2
Q
Persistence of the male figure
A
‘Tease me day by day’
‘Wax a weariness’
‘haunt me’
3
Q
Critique of the marriage market
A
‘I dare say Meg or Moll would take pity upon you’
4
Q
Critical quote about the male speaker
A
Simon Avery
‘isn’t given a voice, showing the power dynamic’
5
Q
Critical quote about the womans rejection
A
Gaynell Galt
‘ To reject a marriage proposal seemed counter to the Victorian mentality’
6
Q
Wanting to be friends
A
‘let us strike hands as hearty friends’
