quotes Flashcards
tell me its not true say its just a story -mrs J in beggining
foreshadows her grief at ending
breaks 4th wall
theres a stone in place of her heart
EITHER mrs j misunderstood and stereotyped by society due to childrens poor lives
OR mrs l how in the end cares more for spiting mrs j/ mickey than for eddies happiness, tells mickey of linda/eddies affair
sexier than marilyn monroe
lovlier than marilyn monroe
positive parallels
we went dancing
shows happiness
twice the size of marilyn monroe
each day i pray he’ll be ok not like marilyn monroe
you’d think he was dead, like marilyn monroe
negative parallel
new shoes on the table
intro of superstition
comes from miners tradition in liverpool of a miners shoes being put on the table to show they were dead
one lone magpie overhead
nursery rhyme one for sorrow two for joy
superstition
he fades away - mrs l about non existent son
foreshadows mrs l loosing eddie as he grows closer to the johnstones
a binding agreement- a bass note repeated as a heartbeat
when they swore on the bible, bass note foreshadows twins death
only mine until the time comes around (about collectors)
…. i must learn not to call you mine
alternate=she only keeps eddie until time comes for mrs l to take him
what cant be paid must be returned - mrs j
i took him but i never made him mine - mrs l
foreshadows mrs l breaking deal and eddie returning to johnstones (emotionally) also mrs j wanting eddie back
they’re a pair, they go together
foreshadows continued friendship and them always finding each other
he’s living with jesus and the angels -about eddie
higher classes are worth more than lower class
if he need picking up, i shall pick him up
i think she should go
mrs l= possessive and paranoid, breaks deal with mrs j
if either twin learns that he was once a pair, they shall both immediately die
foreshadows the twins deaths straight after the revelation of their relation
self fufilling prophecy