Before You Were Mine Flashcards
1
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Quotes
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“My hands in those high heeled red shoes, relics” - glamorous
“Fizzy” - contrast between fun glamorous youth and motherhood
“My loud possessive yell” - demanding longing for intimacy
“I see you” - vivid curiosity
2
Q
View of love
Feelings presented
A
Youthful view of love
Parent and child relationship - personal history
Feelings of possessiveness, longing, nostalgia, curiosity
3
Q
About/Context
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Written in 20 Century
Explores how parent and child relationships have changed and modern relationships are much closer and intimate
Victorian relationships much more distant
4
Q
What to analyse
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Uses contrast to highlight mothers youthful past as opposed to motherhood now
Glamorous imagery/language
Lack of rhyme links to mothers unpredictable and wild youth
