the class game

Question 1

in the poem, Casey uses what quote to emphasise her anger towards the public that make assumptions on her without any context

Answer 1

“how can u tell what class i’m from?”

Question 2

give examples of stereotypes in the poem

Answer 2

“don’t crook me little finger when i drink me tea”
“cos we live in a corpy…”
“with me second hand clothes”
“or is it because me hands are stained with toil”

Question 3

Casey uses phonetic language throughout the poem, give an example

Answer 3

“and me stomach is in me belly”

“well mate!…”

Question 4

“or is it because me hands are stained with toil instead of soft lily white with perfume and oil” what are the connotations of white in this quote

Answer 4

white had connotations of purity which could suggest that higher class people are trying to suggest that the lower class are not pure and that they are worth less than them