The Theme of Food Flashcards
1
Q
What are 2 Quotes regarding the Cucumber Sandwiches?
A
- ‘[Jack puts out his hand to take a sandwich. Algernon at once interferes]’
- ‘They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta. [Takes one and eats it.]’
2
Q
What are 2 other quotes linking to the motif of Food?
A
- ‘Gwendolen is devoted to bread and butter’
- ‘I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them’
3
Q
What are 4 quotes linking to the Muffin fight?
A
- ‘It’s perfectly heartless your eating muffins at all’
- ‘That is a very different thing’
- ‘[Takes muffins from Algernon]’
- ‘[He seizes the muffins from Jack]’
4
Q
What does the motif of food symbolise?
A
- Represents the excess and greed of the upper class
- Satirises what is deemed important to the upper classes and creates irony
- Muffin scene reflects the cucumber sandwich scene and shows the lack of character development (Stock characters)
