The Garden Party - Class Flashcards
'’Absurd…’
'’Absurd class distinctions’
‘When Laura saw this gesture she forgot all about the Karakas’
What was the gesture?
What is important here
‘When Laura saw this gesture she forgot all about the Karakas’
The work man snuffed up the smell of lavender
*the narrative voice changes here, Laura last spoke she seemed to ask ‘must they be hidden by the marque’. To which the narrator answered ‘they must’ as the work man had begun.
‘The first thing she saw was…’
What is the symbolism behind the hat?
‘The first thing she saw was this charming girl in the mirror’
The hat is a symbol of the Sheridan’s materialism and a signifier of class, as Laura wears the hat when she visits the family of the dead boy, whom ware TWEED HATS
The crisis of the story occurs here, when Laura looks at herself in the mirror
What does polyphonic mean?
Involving many voices
What is the first suggestion that the Sheridan’s are wealthy?
‘They could not have had a more perfect day if they had ordered it’
‘Ordered it’ - suggests that the family are well inclined to placing and receiving orders, have disposable income
