The Filling Station - Emily Bishop Flashcards

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Repetition - dirty

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“Oh, but it is dirty”
“Father wears a dirty oil-soaked monkey suit”
“A dirty dog”
“All quite thoroughly dirty”

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Oxymoron

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“Oil soaked, oil permeated to a distirbing over-all black translucency”

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Parentises

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“(Its a family filling station)”

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Sibilance

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“several quick and saucy and greasy sons assist him”
“Somebody arranges the rows of cans so that they softly say”

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Homey aspects

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“Why the extraneous plant?
Why the taboret?
Why, oh why, the doily?”

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Feminine touch

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“(Embroidered in daisy stitch with marguerites, I think, and heavy with gray crochet.)”

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repetition - Somebody

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“Somebody embroidered the doily.”
“Somebody waters the plant”
“Somebody arranges the rows of cans”
“Somebody loves us all.”

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Humour

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“Be careful with that match!”
“Somebody waters the plant, or oils it, maybe”

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Soft s symbolises

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Soft maternal nature

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Themes

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Appearance vs reality
Longing for a mother
epiphany

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