Short Stories: The Waltz Flashcards
Why didn’t the narrator want to dance with ‘him’?
Because he was a terrible dancer with too much energy an apparently he made up his own ‘steps’
What does the narrators name stand for?
Despair, bewilderment, futility, degradation and premeditated murder
Why does the narrator state her name stands for ‘despair,bewilderment,futility,degradation, and premeditated murder’?
Because she is despairing for having to dance with him bewildered he’s such a bad dancer it was futile to attempt escaping the dance she was being degraded by being chained to him and murder as she really doesn’t like the guy
Why are her thoughts and actual words so different?
She really hates dancing with the guy and is very dryly sarcastic but doesn’t want to be rude
What is the theme of this story?
People aren’t always what the seem
People aren’t always who they act to be
How does juxtaposition and exaggeration affect the humour?
The more exaggerated both sides of the juxtaposition the funnier the comparison
What is the tone of the story?
Dry sarcasm and bitterness
