Before you were mine

Question 1

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Answer 1

Quote:“Marilyn”
Method:imagery
Analysis: comparing the image of her mother to the famous actress Marilyn monroe to emphasise the seperation between her mother in the past and now during Duffys childhood.
Further inference: monroe comittied suicide so potentially this reference could reflect the unhappiness which was associated with Duffy birth years later
Context: female sexuality is intrinsically linked to a woman’s individual freedom

Question 2

Quote 2:

Answer 2

Quote: “my loud possessive yell”
Analysis: this reflects the speakers recognition of the sacrifices made by her mother and perhaps a sense of guilt for changing her mothers life so profoundly
Context: subverts the roles of mother and daughter, and who belong to who