a stone's throw

Question 1

quotes describing men’s treatment of the accused woman

Answer 1

we caught her
she’d felt men’s hands greedy over her body
but ours were virtuous
if our fingers bruised her shuddering skin
hail of kisses of stone
cold frigid
justify their treatment of this woman
still holding stones

Question 2

quotes describing woman’s response to her treatment

Answer 2

beautiful but dead-scared
her eyes on us

Question 3

quotes describing saviour

Answer 3

spoilt the whole thing
squatting on the ground - her level
something we couldn’t see
He turned his eyes on us
our eyes upon ourselves

Question 4

tone

Answer 4

belittlement

Question 5

literary devices

Answer 5

allusion
– bible story where Christ intervenes the unfair stoning of a woman for adultery
contrast
– treatment of the women from the angry mob vs guru
imagery
– treatment of woman
if our fingers bruised her shuddering skin
hail of kisses of stone

Question 6

form

Answer 6

free verse

Question 7

tone

Answer 7

conversational
callous – cold frigid
condescending

Question 8

theme

Answer 8

religion
hypocrisy Ready to execute woman in the name of justice displays hypocritical nature
gender bias

Question 9

mood

Answer 9

sympathetic
sense of outrage for treatment of woman

Question 10

what does use of exclamation suggest in ‘We’ve got her! Here she is!

Answer 10

sense of excitement and pleasure in their actions