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Passage four (Characterisation (You don't care. I know you don't…
Passage four
Characterisation
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You don't care. I know you don't care. You wouldn't care if I was dead. I'm nothing to you - not so much as them slippers.
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I don't matter, I suppose
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snatching up the slippers, and hurling them at him one after the other with all her force.
In act 1, she threw flowers at his feet, now she is throwing his slippers at him. This is a key metaphor for the idea that though Eliza's circumstances have changed - she has lost rather than gained. She is regretting changing.
Eliza tries to control herself and feel indifferent as she rises and walks across to the hearth to switch off the lights. By the time she gets there she is on the point of screaming. She sits down in Higgin's chair and holds on hard to the arms. Finally she gives way and flings herself furiously on the floor raging.
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There are your slippers. And there. Take your slippers; and may you never have a day's luck without them!
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Themes
Eliza tries to control herself and feel indifferent as she rises and walks across to the hearth to switch off the lights. By the time she gets there she is on the point of screaming. She sits down in Higgin's chair and holds on hard to the arms. Finally she gives way and flings herself furiously on the floor raging.
snatching up the slippers, and hurling them at him one after the other with all her force.
In act 1, she threw flowers at his feet, now she is throwing his slippers at him. This is a key comparison for the idea that though Eliza's circumstances have changed - she has lost rather than gained. She is regretting changing.
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Ah! would you? Claws in, you cat. How dare you show your temper to me? Sit down and be quiet.
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Literary devices
snatching up the slippers, and hurling them at him one after the other with all her force.
In act 1, she threw flowers at his feet, now she is throwing his slippers at him. This is a key comparison for the idea that though Eliza's circumstances have changed - she has lost rather than gained. She is regretting changing.
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Views and Values
snatching up the slippers, and hurling them at him one after the other with all her force.
In act 1, she threw flowers at his feet, now she is throwing his slippers at him. This is a key comparison for the idea that though Eliza's circumstances have changed - she has lost rather than gained. She is regretting changing.
I don't matter, I suppose.
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Settings and Context
Ah! would you? Claws in, you cat. How dare you show your temper to me? Sit down and be quiet.
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