Pygmalion and The Curious incident Flashcards
(10 cards)
What are the four themes for Pygmalion?
Language, Identity, Social class and Stereotypes
What are the two quotes belonging to language and their techniques?
“Such a depressing and disgusting sound has no right to be anywhere- no right to live” -aggressive tone and dialogue
“Copper’s nark” -slang
What are the two quotes belonging to identity and their language techniques?
“make a duchess out of this draggle-tailed guttersnipe.” -metaphor
“done the old woman in” -dialogue
What are the two quotes belonging to social class and their language techniques?
“middle class morality is just an excuse for never giving me anything” -dialogue
“You won my bet! You! Presumptuous insect! I won it.” -aggressive tone and dialogue
What are the two quotes belonging to stereotypes and their language techniques?
“It’s all a matter of habit. There’s no right or wrong in it.” -dialogue and satire
“The moment I let a woman make friends with me, she becomes presumptuous and takes liberties.” -irony
What are the four themes for ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’
Navigating life’s challenges with a disability
Raising a child with a disability
Appeal to mystery
Trust
What are the two quotes for navigating life’s challenges with a disability and their techniques?
“I saw 5 red cars in a row, which made it a super good day.” -truncated sentences, straightforward tone and logos
“and the lady said ‘Are you okay?’ and then she touched my arm so I screamed again” -candid tone, straightforward tone and literal language
What are the two quotes for raising a child with a disability and their techniques?
“We had lots of argumants like that. because I often though I couldn’t take anymore.” -Disjunction, hyperbole, epistolery and repetition
“I cooked his meals. I cleaned his clothes… I went to school every time he got into a fight. And you?” -Aggressive tone, pathos and repetition
What are the two quotes for appeal to mystery and their techniques?
“I stroked Wellington and wondered who had killed him, and why?” -literal language and personification
“…numbers are sometimes very complicated… that i why I like the Monty Hall Problem” -rhetorical flair
What are the two quotes for trust and their techniques?
“It takes me a long time to get used to people I don’t know. For example, when there is a new member of staff at school, I do not talk to them for weeks and weeks. I just watch them to know that they are safe.” -Repetition, observation and first person
“Father had murdered Wellington. That means he could murder me.” -parallelism
