midas

Question 1

perfect ore limbs

Answer 1

• perfect: connotes ideal and flawless. suggests the wonder of the newborn, but also unsettling as there is an inhumane and unnatural side to this because of the lack of flaws
• ore: relates to metal. suggests the baby is metal and cold, lacking human warmth.

Question 2

little tongue like a precious latch

Answer 2

• precious: conotes valuable. suggests she values and loves the baby.
• latch: suggests the tongue is a metalllic object, part of a suitcase, therefore not living

Question 3

amber eyes holding their pupils like flies

Answer 3

_ flies: usually relate to disease and decay. not something linked to a new healthy baby.
just as flies are trapped dead still in amber, so too are these eyes. another reminder that the baby is lifeless

Question 4

burned in my breasts

Answer 4

connotes pain and agony.suggests that the typically natural breast milk would be an agony as it would be molten metal; incredibly hot. burned could also mean the longing/anger she has toward not being a mother.

Question 5

so he had to move out

Answer 5

matter of fact/blunt tone used. highlights her shame as she has no choice but to remove him from the house. she is ashamed that she has no other option to get rid of him

Question 6

i drove him up under the cover of dark

Answer 6

highlights to the reader that she is ashamed and secretive in how she behaves with her husband. she needs to get rid of him

Question 7

he sat in the back

Answer 7

makes clear that even in a car she must remain as far away from his as possible. he is in the back like a badly behaved child, no longer in a marriage due to his embarassing mistake

Question 8

at first i visited odd times parking the car a good way off then walking

Answer 8

the long sentence and use of commas to drag it out even furuther emphasises the distance between her and midas. they no whave to stay very far apart as she is so ashamed

Question 9

delirious

Answer 9

the curse has driven him to madness

Question 10

music of pan

Answer 10

ironis as the curse that was supposed to make him rich has left him more like a shepherd a job that is not seen as highly paid or respected

Question 11

listen.

Answer 11

he is hearing things and paranoid. the curse has driven him to madness

Question 12

pure selfishness

Answer 12

she feels his greedy attitude ruined their relationship

Question 13

stopped me dead

Answer 13

highlights to the reader that she is still haunted by the experience. suggests shock but reminder he could have killed her.

Question 14

his hands, his warm hands on my skin

Answer 14

she clearly has strong feelings of physical attraction to him and longs for his physical body.