The Woman Who Shopped*

Question 1

What is the main conceit of The Woman who Shopped?

Answer 1

A woman whose addiction to shopping turns her into a department store.
-societal punishment of the feminine encapsulated in one Ovidian transmogrification
-monstrosity of greed and capitalism

Question 2

What are the main methods for The Woman Who Shopped?

Answer 2

-conceit of the woman
-Body imagery
-Asyndetic listing
-Pathetic fallacy

Question 3

What quotes support the method of: conceit of the woman?

Answer 3

‘went out with a silver shilling’
‘stone cold when she woke, she was stone’

Question 4

What quotes support the method of: body imagery?

Answer 4

‘her shoulders broad and hunched, her hands huge and part of the pavement’
‘her ribs were carpeted red, her lungs glittered with chandeliers’
‘her breath was gift wrapping’

Question 5

What quotes support the method of: asyndetic listing?

Answer 5

‘wanted a wedding, a wedding dress, groom’

Question 6

What quotes support the method of: pathetic fallacy?

Answer 6

‘the shops ran like paint in the rain’