Intimates

Question 1

directness in first line, she doesnt feel loved, needs more from him, fr

Answer 1

Don’t you care for my love? she said bitterly

Question 2

hes frustrated + angry, formal language adds to sarcasm, thinks its about her feelings no the relationship, sarcasm/sardonic/cold, mocking her, repetition of “p”, harsh sound

he mocks how only she knows best, shes controlling, she feels right all the time,

Answer 2

Please address these questions to the proper person!
head-quarters!
please approach the supreme authority direct!

Question 3

hands her mirror after his speech, bc shes the one in charge or she doesn’t say anything so he gives her the mirror

“the” mirror and not “a” mirror, shes always at the mirror, shes implied to be vain,/self absorbed

Answer 3

I handed her the mirror

Question 4

expecting a violent response, implies its been violent before, he knows her and how she might react, they know how to push each others buttons

Answer 4

would have broken it over my head

Question 5

she thinks shes divine, self obsessed

Answer 5

caught sight of her own reflection

held her spellbound for two seconds

Question 6

hes evading/escaping her, but only briefly, hes brave enough to say these things but not brave enough for her reaction, runs off as is shes a terrifying monster, humorous, relatable

Answer 6

while I fled

Question 7

themes

Answer 7

conflict
relationships
communication

Question 8

notes

Answer 8

• holds a mirror up to relationships and how people struggle with successful communication
• no direct comments made about the relationship or convo, or dialogue, it is simply presented and we make our own conclusions
• not the first difficult or hurtful convo between them, shown at how he hands her the mirror and expects her reaction to be violent