Please Hold Flashcards
TITLE
- Voice of robot / technology - prerecorded - superficial
- Emphasises power of robot
- Tone : satirical / dark humour
- Heteroglossia : different perspectives
“This is the future, my wife says.”
- Indirect speech : emphasises separation, shows wider societal views.
- Usually symbolic of progress and praise, wife has accepted ways of life
- Future is unknown, sense of disconnect and awkwardness
- Endstop creates finality, future is final
“The robot is giving me countless options none of which answer to my needs”
- Ironic : glamorisation of the future undermined
- No options in reality
- Creates a dystopian imagery of the future as it cannot meet basic needs
“Wonderful” / “Great” / “I give him”
Syntactic parallelism : monotonous and repetitive lifestyle, future is never ending, conformity
Monosyllabic language : servitude towards bank, imperative tone indicates power of robot
“Great” / “Wonderful”
- Repetition of hyperbolic language : saturated, lack of substance to the meaning
- Fake
“(Which is really the robots account)”
- Parenthesis
- Shows individuality and awareness of position in society
- Internal monologue
- Doesn’t conform
“Please say Yes or No”
- Demanding tone
- Lack of option : reflective of restriction
- Monosyllabic, shorter line length : emphasises the ironic advancements
- Endstop reiterates finality, no choice
“He is giving me no options in the guise of countless alternatives”
- Juxtaposition : no choice but to conform, creates paradox
- Shift in tone, oxymoron
- Robot technology is subtly malevolent
“We appreciate your patience”
- Collective : emphasise false kindness, disingenuous, polite yet sinsiter
“…Please hold. …. please hold. …. Please hold”
- Epistrophe : repetitive nature of phone call, monotonous
- Cyclical in nature, no advancement or progression
- Juxtaposition between swear and peaceful music, facetious tone
- Aggressive / vulgar language emphasises frustration, emotional
“For all your accomplishments, the only way you can now meet your needs is by looting”
- Enjabment : Individuality of voice, need to tell the truth
- Transgressing is only option (stealing)
- Realisation of truth
“Please hold. Please grow old. Please grow cold. Please do what you’re told. Grow old. Grow cold.”
Tercet
Motif of death : through triplicate, sinister observation contrasts sardonic tone. Inevitable death
- Free indirect discourse, no longer have choice through imperatives.
- Dystopian effect : become submissive and complaint
- Heteroglossia : all speakers merge into one emphasising conformity
