The Laughter of Stafford Girls' High Flashcards
1
Q
What is it about?
A
Girls start an uncontrollable rebellion by laughing against the teachers (higher authority)
2
Q
‘Anarchy roared in her face like a tropical wind’ pg38
A
- tropical is unknown territory
- animalistic
- personification for going against authority
- threat to authority
- hyperbolic
3
Q
‘By now, every girl in the form had started to snigger or snicker or tittle or chuckle Or chortle’ pg36
A
- polysyndeton/syndetic listing
- overwhelming and uncontrollable
4
Q
‘She wrote her maiden name with a stick into the sand then walked into the sea’ pg54
A
- Her maiden name was the one thing she truly had personal, belonging to her
- Escapism
5
Q
Links to Streetcar
A
- Post-war changes
- Mass rejection of society
- Power struggle
- Escapism / emotional impact
6
Q
Context
A
- ## Duffy went to Stafford so the poem is based loosely on her experience with the wish of what had happened when she went to school - rebellion through giggling
