Betrayal Scene 2 quotes

Question 1

Jerry s_____. Robert s______.

Answer 1

Jerry sitting. Robert standing.
-> proxemics -> Robert has the power despite it not being his home

Question 2

Robert: ‘It’s not a_____ you and E_____, is it?

(P______)

I k____ all a___ that’

Answer 2

Robert: ‘It’s not about you and Emma, is it?

PAUSE

I know all about that’

Question 3

Jerry:’ And she t___ you… last n___… about h___ and me. D___ she not?’

Answer 3

Jerry:’ And she told you… last night… about her and me. Did she not?’
- ellipsis -his distress
-> fragmented speech and repetition

Question 4

Robert: ‘Never p______ s_____ though.’

Answer 4

Robert: ‘Never played squash though.’
-> blunt tone
-> squash // as a symbol of the extent/ level of their friendship

Question 5

Robert: ‘ You don’t s_____ to u_______ that I don’t g___ a s___ about a__ of this.’

Answer 5

Robert: ‘ You don’t seem to understand that I don’t give a shit about any of this.’

-> direct and forward
->dismissive and disinterested

Question 6

Robert: ‘It’s t___ i’ve h__ Emma o____ or t_____’

Answer 6

Robert: ‘It’s true i’ve hit Emma once or twice’

->admits to mistreating and abusing Emma
->makes us sympathetic towards Emma AND/OR unsympathetic towards Robert
-> CONTEXT

Question 7

Robert: ‘I j___ felt like g_____ her a g____ ba_____. The old i____… you understand.’

Answer 7

Robert: ‘I just felt like giving her a good bashing. The old itch… you understand.’

-> verb- ‘bashing’ - very violent
->distressing imagery for the audience but is normalised for the two male characters ? potentially
->old itch - routinely phrase used in uncommon setting

Question 8

Robert: ‘ No, you didn’t k____ very m
____ about a______, r____, did you?

Answer 8

Robert: ‘ No, you didn’t know very much about anything, really, did you?

-> question - emphasises R’s power by making J question/ doubt himself
-> adverb ‘really’ - further doubt and patronising nature

Question 9

Robert: ‘I h____ she l____ after you all r_____.

[S_______] ‘

Answer 9

Robert: ‘I hope she looked after you all right.

[SILENCE] ‘

-> exploitative of Emma
->values Jerry over Emma
->makes Emma appears as an object

Question 10

Robert: ‘We h_____ play s_____ for years, C_____ and me.’

Answer 10

Robert: ‘We haven’t play squash for years, Casey and me.’

->Squash -> symbol of male friendship and now they are distant due to Casey’s affair with Emma?

Question 11

Robert: ‘W_____ are you going this s_____, you and the f______?’

Jerry:’ The L___ D______.’

Answer 11

Robert: ‘Where are you going this summer, you and the family?’

Jerry:’ The Lake District.’

-> shows how they can return to normality and aren’t too affected by these affairs