Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Noura from
Narooma
- Komninos
- Story on a woman named "Noura"
who experiences domestic
violence.
- Komninos implies that
masculinity is a dominant
power of society
- She loses her family due to the notion
that her family don't believe that she is
being physically abused. Therefore,
keeping her voice silent.
- Protagonist
is subjected
to domestic
violence by
her
husband
- 'He called me to the garage...
He took of his belt'
- Symbolism
- The garage
and the
belt
become
symbols of
the violent
space
- "As usual, he kissed me on the forehead, as usual, I
yelled your father's home,as usual, the kids would come
from their room"
- Anaphora
- Shows the
physical
act
silencing
Noura
- Repetition
- 'As usual'
reiterates
that the
woman
shows to
remain
silent and
act 'as
usual'
- The protagonist starts to
develop her own
understanding
- Noura experiences an epiphany
- She realises that the house,
which use to be "our house" is
now "his house"
- Personal
Pronoun
- Noura reflects on her past,
persuading herself to self -realise
that she must accept her flaws and
move on
- Conveys
that her
being
silent has
been a
lesson
learnt
- Realising
that Noura
has lost
"Her
house", she
will never
tolerate
domestic
violence