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Flashcards by Elisabet Tammjarv, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elisabet Tammjarv
almost 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| "I love my kids. My husband too..." | •expresses love for kids in opening statement-> she puts kids before all else -> excellent parental figure |
| "When he asks the question... its like he's speaking an ancient, forgotten language." | husband char ADD |
| "I don't want to be asked either question, the conversation must be kept moving, hopping across the surface of our lives like a smooth flat stone." | ADD |
| "I am feeling it, the rush of blood, the sensation of, yes, swooning. It comes in waves. Does it show?" | •list of sensations -> chaos and unfamiliarity of infatuation -> lack of attraction towards husband •doesn't want husband to see the guilt of unfaithfulness -> doesn't want to hurt him -> still cares yet cannot control lust •uncontrolable lust>commited love |
| "We had no room for it. Nor, for that matter, a great deal of passion." | •relationship viewed by friends as perfect due to lacking heartbreak/angst -> yet it lacked luster -> she realises this uncompatibility all the more stronger now •idealistic view painted up until this confession -> shows how blind young love is |
| "The stomache, too, longs for more than simply to be filled. A bad meal can be worse than no meal at all." | •husband cooks -> attempt to please her/ romantic tone -> invested in relationship symbolism of meal -> •mind prefers tasty food -> narrator prefers an exciting love life |
| "...we stand just close... to feel that fluttering hollowness, like hunger" | •hunger takes over all other thoughts -> narrators lust for the man is all she can think about when touching him -> by extension shows the willpower it takes her to not have the affair |
| "All i have to do is rock on my heels, rock a shade too far and we will all fall down. Two husbands, two wives and all the little loved ones." | •rock/tree/fall/all -> allusion to Rock-a-bye Baby -> destruction of marriages, etc (hers and other fathers family) •"all little loved ones" -> children biggest concern -> refers to title -> narrative has come full circle just like narrators dilemma circles |
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