you cant take no job, why didnt you ask me before you take a job? Flashcards
eddie to katie after learning she got a job as a stenographer in a pluming company
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relationships
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- eddie acts likes father figure, hes over protective
- katie placates to him
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status
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eddie has a higher status than katie
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personality
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eddie is controlling and dominant
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motivation
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- eddie wants to keep katie in the home and to continue to infantalise her
- he wants to keep his power over her
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attitude
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- eddie’s annoyed
- katie feels small, worried and vulnerable
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genre
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- greek tragedy
- eddie dies due to his own faulys
- beginning of his downfall, shows his inability to give up the power he has over katie
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emotions
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- eddie feels betreyal and frustration towards katie
- he realised that katie is beginning to think for herself
- katie feels conflicted as she doesnt want to upset eddie
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theme
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- eddie feels abandonment, he’s scared that katie is leaving him
- role of men, eddie is implying katie needs to ask him for permission due to his dominance and control in the household
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social, cultural, historical context
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- set in 1950s new york, a time of deprevation
- katie will always follow what eddie says as he is the man of the house
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contrast
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role of men between eddie and katie, he has the power over her and she needs to ask for permission to get a job
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message and/or purpose
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- purpose is to entertain
- message is that women in the 1950s didnt have autonomy over their own life matters
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mood and atmosphere
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tense and uncomfortable, eddie has just burst katies bubble as she was excited about her new job
