stanza 2 Flashcards

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“i drove him up”

“he sat in the back”

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WORD CHOICE
mrs Midas is a shamed and trying to hide what has happened

SHORT SENTENCE 
emphasises the previous relationship and is contrasted with the present separation, she is in control and in the driver seat of the relationship now

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“the woman who married the fool”

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WORD CHOICE

mrs Midas’ embarrassment by using third person narrative of imagining isolation of mimicking herself within gossip

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“At first, i visited, odd times”

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WORD CHOICE

mrs Midas is starting to detach herself and eventually doesn’t visit, this emphasises her continued fear for Mr Midas

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“parking the car a good way off”

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WORD CHOICE

suggests that she doesn’t trust her husband, if he turns the car into gold she will have no means of escape

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