Mother and Son (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards

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Time span Mother & Son covers

Single evening

Duration mother bedridden in Mother & Son

Ten years

Pattern between John & his mother

Cruelty and resentment

Yellow/green symbolism in Mother & Son

Sickness and decay

Metaphor for mother's verbal attacks

Bitter barbs

Turning point in Mother & Son

John hears bus passing with boys going to town

Word repeated showing John's violent thoughts

Smash

John's action in resolution (not violence)

Opens the door

Metaphor for the house in Mother & Son

Dark cave

Nature of Mother & Son ending

Ambiguous

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