Betrayal Scene 3 quotes Flashcards
(10 cards)
Jerry and Emma. They are s_____.
Jerry and Emma. They are sitting.
->passive verb ‘sitting’ - they share the same power/ dynamic
Jerry: ‘We can’t c__ all the w___ out here for a q____ l____. I’m too o__ for that.’
Jerry: ‘We can’t come all the way out here for a quick lunch. I’m too old for that.’
-> Made sordid
->dual meaning of lunch
-> the love and romance// thrill has died
Jerry: I h_____ a f______
Emma: I h____ a f______ too.
Jerry: I have a family
Emma: I have a family too.
-> understanding that they both have other ‘lives’. They are not in denial.
Jerry:’ I might remind you that your husband is my oldest friend’
Jerry:’ I might remind you that your husband is my oldest friend’
-> use of possessive pronouns-> indicates that Robert id two different people for them // men and female divide
-> superlative -> ‘oldest’ - extent of friendship
Emma: ‘ I mean the c_______ and the c______ and the b______ and everything. And the t_________ …. It’s r_______.’
Emma: ‘ I mean the crockery and the curtains and the bedspread and everything. And that tablecloth …. It’s ridiculous.’
->syndetic list -> emphasises the extent of their affair. The domestic life they have built
Jerry: ‘It’s not a h___’
Jerry: ‘It’s not a home’
->cold but realist
Jerry: No, I saw it as a f__ … you know.
Emma: For f_______.
Jerry: No, for l_______.
Jerry: No, I saw it as a flat … you know.
Emma: For fucking.
Jerry: No, for loving.
-> doesn’t reduce the affair to solely physical but still views it differently
Emma: We b_____ the bed t_______’
Emma: We bought the bed together’
->explores the gender perceptions in the relationship
Emma: ‘I have a h___, with t_______ and all the r____ of it.’
Emma: ‘I have a home, with tablecloths and all the rest of it.’
->bitter tone
Emma: ‘No, I don’t wan’t a___ c___, t___ you v___ much’.
Emma: ‘No, I don’t wan’t any cash, thank you very much’.
->more sordid
-> doesn’t view it as transactional
-> gives herself dignity
