Power and Control Cat

Question 1

‘We occupy the same cage’

Answer 1

metaphorical- Brick and Maggie’s relationship isn’t working, but they’re caged by American society

Question 2

‘A tall looking anxious an with a fierce, anxious look’

Answer 2

Same descriptive adjective ‘anxious’ as used for Maggie, A syndetic pair. BD is the patriarch of family, connection between him and Maggie

Question 3

He… seizes the small boudior chair and raises it like a lion-tamers facing a big circus cat’

Answer 3

Simile- maggie is lion-recurring symbol. peculiar-doesn’t fit with social norms

Question 4

‘Big daddy’

Answer 4

omenclature of the descriptive adjective ‘Big’ with common vocative’daddy’. Connotes powers. physically and patriarchy

Question 5

‘Such a black thing has moved into the home’

Answer 5

Speaks metaphorically of BD’s cancer, Descriptive adj- black, common noun-thing. Family confused about cancer, it is constantly there

Question 6

‘He shuts the door firmly against her but she still calls’

Answer 6

SD. manner adverbial ‘firmly’, coordinating conjunction ‘but’ BD attempts to distance himself from BM, she still tries to get his attention