Visiting hour

Question 1

Green and yellow corridors

Answer 1

Connotation of sickness and nausea. Reality of why most people go to hospital

Question 2

Corpse

Answer 2

Shift in tone and atmosphere that is now more morbid

Question 3

Heavenward

Answer 3

Joke to lighten up mood. Despite effort to take his mind off reality of situation

Question 4

Burden

Answer 4

Everyday nurses do an extremely challenging job and he is impressed by their capacity to do it.

Question 5

Still clear after so many farewells.

Answer 5

Bitterness and resentment towards them. Nurses has become desensitised. Suggests jealousy. They are professionals.

Question 6

Here and up and down and there.

Answer 6

Impression of nurses all around him. Constantly moving around. Impressed at their boundless energy.

Question 7

Ward 7.

Answer 7

Stops in his tracks. We stop and pause when reading. He’s reluctant to enter. Build up suspense. Dreading visit.

Question 8

White cave of forgetfulness

Answer 8

Connotations of darkness. Forgetfulness suggest confused state of mind.

Question 9

A withered hand trembles on its stalk.

Answer 9

Comparing her thin hand to a dying flower. Emphasises weak and frail she is . Fading away. Connotation of beauty attractive woman before her death.

Question 10

Guzzling not giving

Answer 10

Alliteration. Very close to death. To stay alive she must suffer. Giving her life.

Question 11

Black figure

Answer 11

Mourning, darkness,. Encouraged to sympathise with both. Wife no longer recognises him.

Question 12

Clumsily

Answer 12

Suggests he’s staggering. Struggling to control his emotions.

Question 13

Fruitless fruit

Answer 13

Sums up whole visit. He has suffered and his wife doesn’t know. Fruit will never be eaten. She dies soon.