Quotes Of Mrs Midas Flashcards
The dark of the ground seemed to Drink the light of the sky
Personification
Shows dark nature of garden
Concept of life is drained and replaced by something evil
Like a lightbulb
Simile
Conveys both the colour and shape of the pear and the light eminating from it
The doorknobs gleamed
Wc
Shows the full power of his capabilities and how it is now unnoticable
Like a king on a burnished throne
Simile
He may appear like a king but he is unable to control his power
Strange, wild, vain
List
Emphasises the expressions on the husbands face as he realises the tremendous power he holds
Spitting out the teeth of the rich
Metaphor
Demonstartes negative effects of the gift
Gold teeth only being seen in the mouths of the wealthy
Disrupts the calm atmosphere
Near petrified
Wc
Emphasises tge terror she feels towards her husband now that she is at risk of petrification
Unwrapping eachother rapidly… fast food.
Simile
Reinforces their previous passionate embraces
Compares the unwrapping of a gift to sex as both are taken with anticipation
Its perfect ore limbs, its little tongue like a precious latch, its amber eyes…
List
Shows how much she has lost in the form of a single child the moment when her husband succumb to greed
Burned in my breasts
Alliteration
Plosive ‘b’ sound shows the pain she is in now that she lost so much
Under the cover of dark
Wc / metaphor
Shows the embarrassment she feels toward her husband, that she has to hide the fact that she still cares for him
Pure selfishness
