The Woman Who Shopped

Question 1

What is it about?

Answer 1

Shopping addiction and she metaphorically becomes a shop due to the consumerist society and capitalism.

Question 2

‘wanted a wedding, a wedding dress, groom’

Answer 2

Asyndetic listing
The man is not the priority
Shows off wealth and her materialistic values

Question 3

‘the lights from the shop ran like paint in the rain’

Answer 3

Simile and pathetic fallacy
Façade is over
Unclear/blurry

Question 4

‘stone cold when she woke’

Answer 4

Metaphorical
Emotionless
Symbolize death- she is not longer her past self

Question 5

‘crowds would queue overnight at her cunt desperate for bargains’

Answer 5

Repetitive cycle for her
Never ending
Prostitution to feed her addiction
Selling herself cheaply- worthless

Question 6

‘birds shirked and voided themselves in her stone hair’

Answer 6

Metaphorical
Waste/worthless
Objectified
Lack of care/ appreciation
Everything has ended badly through her addiction

Question 7

Links to Streetcar

Answer 7

Addiction
Material gain
Losing yourself- escape reality
Putting yourself before the man