Character: Lily (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Lily's marital status
Lily's marital status
Unmarried (spinster) and lives independently
Lily's political beliefs
Lily's political beliefs
Feminist beliefs, openly expressed
How 1947 audiences viewed Lily's outspokenness
How 1947 audiences viewed Lily's outspokenness
Unusual and perhaps shocking
Why Lily rejects marriage
Why Lily rejects marriage
Believes it reduces women to servants
Who Lily blames for giving Maggie 'the weans'
Who Lily blames for giving Maggie 'the weans'
John
Lily's phrase for John abandoning Maggie
Lily's phrase for John abandoning Maggie
ta-ta Maggie
What 'ta-ta Maggie' suggests
What 'ta-ta Maggie' suggests
Casual dismissal without serious thought
Meaning of 'arms akimbo' (stage direction)
Meaning of 'arms akimbo' (stage direction)
Hands on hips - triumph/dominance posture
Lily's metaphor for Maggie examining her life
Lily's metaphor for Maggie examining her life
Looking in the mirror
Limitation of Lily's feminism
Limitation of Lily's feminism
Rigid, uncompromising, prioritises anti-male views