A Taste of Honey (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Fill in the gap: "That puts another ＿＿＿＿＿ years on her"
Peter, Act 1, Scene 1
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Fill in the gap: "That puts another ＿＿＿＿＿ years on her"
Peter, Act 1, Scene 1
Answer: "That puts another ten years on her"
Fill in the gap: "Turn on all the knobs. Mind you don't ＿＿＿＿＿ yourself"
Jo, Act 2, Scene 2
Answer: "Turn on all the knobs. Mind you don't gas yourself"
Fill in the gap: "＿＿＿＿＿ my life. After all, you've had plenty of practice"
Jo, Act 1, Scene 1
Answer: "Ruining my life. After all, you've had plenty of practice"
Fill in the gap: "I don't suppose I could live up to that black ＿＿＿＿＿ of a prince of yours"
Geof, Act 2, Scene 1
Answer: "I don't suppose I could live up to that black beast of a prince of yours"
Key quote: "Turn 'em all, you're bound to find the right one in the end. She can't do a thing for herself, that girl. Mind you don't gas yourself"
Helen, Act 1, Scene 1
Analysis
Helen's insult, spoken aside to the audience, breaks the fourth wall. It presents her as a careless mother who mocks her own daughter.
Key quote: "Still, we all have funny ideas at that age, don't we — makes no difference though, we all end up same way sooner or later"
Helen, Act 1, Scene 1
Analysis
The resigned phrase 'end up' presents marriage as an inescapable social convention. Helen suggests women have no real choice about their future.
Key quote: "Do you object to the 'gross clasps of the lascivious Moor'?"
The Boy, Act 1, Scene 2
Analysis
By quoting Othello, the Boy playfully voices the racial prejudice aimed at him. The allusion turns the audience's attention to the discrimination he faces.
Key quote: "I can't stand people who laugh at other people. They'd get a bigger laugh if they laughed at themselves"
Geof, Act 2, Scene 1
Analysis
Geof's empathy for people who are laughed at reflects his own experience of being mocked for his sexuality. He understands what it is to be an outsider.
Key quote: "Don't worry, you'll soon be an independent working woman and free to go where you please"
Helen, Act 1, Scene 1
Analysis
Helen means this as sarcasm, but it ironically foreshadows the real independence Jo gains by the end of the play.
Key quote: "Do you know, for the first time in my life I feel really important. I feel as though I could take care of the whole world"
Jo, Act 2, Scene 2
Analysis
The hyperbole 'the whole world' shows how independence has boosted Jo's self-esteem. For the first time she feels capable and important.
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