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BETRAYAL SCENE ONE - Coggle Diagram
BETRAYAL SCENE ONE
MARRIAGE/AFFAIR
"I drove past the house"
house they used to conceal the affair
passage of time
suggestion that E is now having an affair w Casey
cynical view of marriage
Casey is also divorced
E and R
"might separate"
frailty of marriage
"The whole things finished"
Jerry finds out that Robert knew about the affair
DIALOGUE + LIT TECH
set in spring
hope, new beginning
ironic - its the end of affair
conversation bet J + E is awkward
cliche conversation
"how are you?"
implies seperation
bland, generic, mechanical, verbal fillers
holding a facade
ambiguity of lang
defensive
"Pinteresque" dialogue between characters :pencil2:
characters would include colloquial terms that sounded disjointed, questions go unanswered and the characters make small talk
BETRAYAL
Jerry had an affair with his best friends (Robert) wife
Emma had an affair with her husbands (Roberts) best friend (Jerry)
MEMORY
frailty/distortion of memory
"It was your kitchen"
~ Jerry
"It was your kitchen"
~ Emma
shows diff views of the affair
"Do you remember?"
craving validation
CRITICS
Gaggi: "the characters are playing a linguistic game"
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