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Feminine Gospels exam with 100- correct answers 2024
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The Map Woman - Extended Metaphor - ANSWER-Past (experiences, homes,
relatives, friends) is a permanent part of identity that cannot be erased
The Map Woman - Triplet of alliterative sibilance - ANSWER-Emphasises desperation
and fear of identity
The Map Woman - Similie (e.g. "her skin sloughed like a snake's") - ANSWER-
Emphasised by the siblance
The Map Woman - Regular 10 line stanzas - ANSWER-Exemplify the constraint
Beautiful - Repetition of "some said" / "some swore" / "some vowed" - ANSWER-
Exemplifies that the female reputation is dependent on others
Beautiful - Harsh profanities - ANSWER-Exemplifies the vile treatment of female icons
Beautiful - Asyndetic list (e.g. "local girl... superstar") - ANSWER-Without the conclusive
'and', emphasises the endless idolisation of women
Beautiful - Passive verbs (e.g. "drugged" "sponged" "painted") - ANSWER-Portrays the
female idols as submissive victims
The Diet - Similie (e.g. "the diet worked like a dream") - ANSWER-Intentionally not a
metaphor - not really a dream
The Diet - Sibilance (e.g. "She starved on, stayed in, stared in the mirror, svelter,
slimmer") - ANSWER-Emphasises the slimness
, The Diet - Cyclical structure - ANSWER-Represents the futility of attempting to meet
societal expectation
The Woman Who Shopped - Volta between stanzas 7 and 8 - ANSWER-Emphasising
the power of capitalism by using adynaton in the final 7 stanzas
The Woman Who Shopped - Asyndetic lists - ANSWER-Without the conclusive 'and',
the amount bought and spent seems endless
The Woman Who Shopped - Profanity in final stanza - ANSWER-Exemplifies the
vileness of her transformation
Work - Cliche (e.g. "life was a dream") - ANSWER-Pastoral tradition that challenges
female domesticity
Work - Hyperbole of the number of the children - ANSWER-Emphasising the weight of
female duty / motherhood
Work - Structure - ANSWER-Represents the growth of the human race in history
Work - 9 stanzas - ANSWER-Represent the 9 months of pregnancy
Tall - Extended metaphor and adynaton of height - ANSWER-Growth in height
represents the growth in her fame
Fear of her height is fear of a powerful woman
Tall - Allusion to the book of Genesis / the Creation story (e.g. "Day 1" "Day 2" etc.) -
ANSWER-Deifies her
Contrasts with "She cured no one"
Tall - Asyndetic list (e.g. "taller than Jupiter, Saturn, the Milky Way") - ANSWER-Without
the conclusive 'and', emphasises the endlessness of her growth
May suggest a fear that she will continue to grow, furthering her isolation
Loud - Similie (e.g. "like a firework") - ANSWER-Criticising the events used to distract
and entertain us
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