English. The Club test 27/03/25 Flashcards
(3 cards)
Needing most power within the club/arrogant attitude
Language features =
Laurie: “I’m going to fight this, Gerry. I’m going to go to every member of the committee and them what and tell them what an oily little weasel you are.”
-Metaphor- “oily little weasel”
-Characterisation: Represents how sly and devious Gerry is
-Because earlier in the play Gerry talks to Laurie about sacking Ted, but later on Gerry talks about sacking Laurie behind his back.
Ted: “I was elected by the members to lead this club and i’ll bloody well lead it and if anybody tries to stop me i’ll crush them. “
-Tone - arrogance of Ted’s tone
Characterisation of doing whatever it takes to hold position of power
Metaphor- “ill crush them” - mean, nasty, threatful towards board members
disloyalty to the club/Corrupt within The Club
Geoff: “I’m sick to death of football and I couldn’t care less if I ever played another game in my life… You chase a lump of pig skin around a muddy ground as if your bloody life depended on it…”
- Metaphor – sick to death
- Metaphor – chasing lump of pig skin ( ball)
Quote - Ted: I know what he resents. He resents the fact that I’ve brought a level headed business approach to the club, and that approach is going to bear fruit. That’s what he resents. He’d like to take us back to the days of the glorious club tradition - (talking about Laurie)
Language feature
- Characterisation of Laurie valuing tradition and resenting Ted, Gerry and Geoff
-Repetition of resents
EXPLAIN:
-This quote emphasises how the character Laurie values the traditional customs of the club and resents the committee, Gerry, Ted and Jock
-Lack of loyalty is shown by GEOFF, despite being paid a large wage he should a negative attitude towards football and the club.
Sexism against women/harmless and objectify to easily hurt women/
EXAMPLE: Jock: “Woman has become the hunter and man the hunted. Bloody unnatural.”
Language features:
-Colloquial tone
-Sexist tone of Jock
EXPLAIN: The colloquial language and sexist tone of Jock emphasises the social issue and perception that women were the degraded gender and inferior the men. When Jock makes the comment about the women being the “hunter” it perceives it as degrading to men and an insult. This is portrayed through the context of 1970’s Australia where women were treated with less respect.
EXAMPLE: Jock: “What a bloody disgrace to the club. Hitting a woman….a bloody disgrace.”
-Repetition of bloody disgrace
-Colloquial language of bloody disgrace
-Characterisation of Ted
EXPLAIN: The repetition and colloquial language of “ bloody disgrace” emphasises the act of hitting a women during the 1970’s as a discouraged event, showing the progress in the treatment of women during 1970’s Australia. However, the characterisation of Ted hitting the women shows the lack of respect towards women during this time.
