Last Supper

Question 1

good and ready

Answer 1

colloquial phrase - suggests her efficiency, adding to brisk opening setting the sinister scene

Question 2

ready to renounce

Answer 2

Alliteration - speeds up the pace of the line showing her eagerness to dispense with him
Connotations (renounce) - of religion, giving something up suggesting her desire to sever ties
Enjambement - reflects the intended break up

Question 3

sweet flesh

Answer 3

connotations - of pleasure, attraction, predatory - suggests she is almost animalistic in her desire to destroy him/could be sarcastic implying his lost sweetness

Question 4

Note just for lent.

Answer 4

short sentence - sounds blunt and certain showing her resolve as she is determined to cut him off

Question 5

(For/Ever)

Answer 5

Parenthesis/Enjambement - includes extra info suggesting her desire to ensure it’s permanence. Line break reinforces the idea of separation along with capitalisation

Question 6

assembling the ingredients

Answer 6

connotations - of planning, execution - could refer to her level of obsession or could suggest a potion linking her to a later witch image, plotting his downfall

Question 7

last treat

Answer 7

Connotations - of finality ominous comment of their relationship suggesting it’s end

Question 8

proper

Answer 8

connotations - of superior, formal - suggesting their previous meals have not held any significance for her

Question 9

(after all didn’t they always eat together rather more than rather well?)

Answer 9

parenthesis/rhetorical question - shows her awareness of the decline of the romance in their relationship`

Question 10

tearing

Answer 10

connotations - of aggression, violence presenting her as a destructive force with ill intent

Question 11

scrambling the salad

Answer 11

sibilance - creates a sinister and fluid sound speeding up the pace showing her almost frantic efforts
Connotations - of lack of control, energy suggesting her excitement of what to follow

Question 12

,maybe lighting candles,

Answer 12

parenthesis/list - interjecting thought comes to her as she is ticking off other tasks showing her desire to make the event perfect
Connotations - of romance adds to irony of the scene as she intends the opposite

Question 13

anyway/

Answer 13

enjambement - shows awareness that she has diverged froma original thoughts as she adds elements to her plan

Question 14

admire

Answer 14

connotations - of pride - and unusual feeling to experience when breaking up showing her scheming nature getting satisfaction from this

Question 15

(and oh yes now will have to lie on)

Answer 15

parenthesis - link to well known phrase ‘made your bed’ suggesting her poor choices have led her here and now she must deal with the consequences of his betrayal - may literally lie across the table and receive lies in return

Question 16

the silverware, the nicely al-/dente vegetables, the cooked goose

Answer 16

list - of sophisticated things presents the meal as almost ceremonial - civilised appearances contradicts actual intent
Symbolism - aldente veg is soft yet has a crunch mirroring her pleasant exterior but harsh intent. Cooked goose suggests he has no hope for surviving her ambush

Question 17

he could be depended

Answer 17

connotations - of unreliable - unless persuading his own pleasure

Question 18

bring the bottle

Answer 18

plosives - creates bitter tone suggesting her disapproval and his infidelity as a result

Question 19

imagining it done with

Answer 19

connotations - of excitement, independence suggests her anticipation as she desperately wants to end the relationship to enjoy the aftermath

Question 20

and/exactly/

Answer 20

Enjambement/single line word - emphasises anticipation and suspense but also shows precision with which she imagines the scene

Question 21

leftover hash

Answer 21

metaphor - suggests s mess of chopped up leftovers as if she is using the scrapes of him for amusement

Question 22

The Girls

Answer 22

Capitalisation - gives them importance/power showing women to be formidable when together

Question 23

when those three met again

Answer 23

allusions - to Macbeth depicts the women as witches, creatures known for trickery, ill deeds suggests harmful intent

Question 24

what very good soup/she could render from the bones

Answer 24

Metaphor - suggests her using her experiences with him as food for her friends as if she is trying to draw as much as possible for their tragic relationship to feed their desire for gossip. Compares them to vultures picking the bones clean

Question 25

something substantial, something extra

Answer 25

Sibilance - creates sinister impression of the women as almost snake like in their plotting

Question 26

tasty if not elegant

Answer 26

connotations - of enjoyment, satisfaction implying their will enjoy the process and do not intend to appear lady like or graceful

Question 27

cackling around the cauldron

Answer 27

Metaphor - compares the women to witches suggesting their evil plotting nature Alliteration - creates harsh unflattering image of them enjoying his suffering

Question 28

spitting out

Answer 28

connotations - of hostile, lack of dignity, animalistic - strips them of their humanity creating impression of them as greedy predators

Question 29

gristlier bits of his giblets

Answer 29

alliteration - creates guttural unattractive sound again making them seem feral and predatory

Question 30

gnawing on the knuckle bone

Answer 30

onomatopoeia - creates ugly image of them feasting without restraint contrasting with the elegance of the earlier meal revealing their true savage behaviour

Question 31

intricate irony

Answer 31

alliteration - creates softer sound compared to the harsh sound of them attacking the food - suggests the discussion of what he has done is handled with great detail

Question 32

grave

Answer 32

connotations - of seriousness, showing how they are not doubting the girls account of events

Question 33

dainty

Answer 33

connotations - of delicate showing they believe themselves to be dignified and restrained when they are really the opposite

Question 34

petit-gout mouthfuls

Answer 34

juxtaposition - suggests that while she is giving them a little taste of his transgressions they are stuffing themselves - shows enjoyment of gossip

Question 35

reported

Answer 35

connotations - of being fed back, over heard suggesting they only have her word to go on yet they believe it completely

Question 36

splutter/munching

Answer 36

lexical cluster - gross description words stressing them to be almost ravenous and unattractive in their behaviour

Question 37

fat and sizzling as sausages

Answer 37

Simile - compares his lies to substantial quantities of food suggesting theirs a lot of them for the girls to feed on. Also his lies are full of a potential horrible unknown substance Sibilance/onomatopoeia - creates hissing spitting sounds as if they are bitter over his deceit

Question 38

sink back

Answer 38

Connotations - of relaxing, satisfaction suggests girls have now eaten there fill and are happy with what has transpired

Question 39

gorged on truth

Answer 39

Metaphor - compares the girls taking in her stories to over - stuffing yourself - showing how self-indulgent the process has been as if they think truth/right is on their side

Question 40

savage integrity

Answer 40

Oxymoron - as integrity should be something associated with fine judgement rather than ferocity shows wanting what's right has turned them cruel

Question 41

,sleek on it all,

Answer 41

parenthesis - showing theirs self satisfaction Connotations - of confident, self assurance suggesting they think they have won

Question 42

preening/ like corbies

Answer 42

Simile - compares the girls to self satisfied birds full of confidence due to their feeling of moral superiority References - Scottish ballad of the 'Twa Corbies' or two ravens/crows who discuss how to divide up and eat a newly killed knight - presents them as predators and animalistic

Question 43

bright eyes blinking

Answer 43

plosives - creates a harsh tone giving girls a sinister undertone despite their beauty and innocence from the outside

Question 44

satisfied/

Answer 44

Single word line - creates a sense of finality as if they no longer care about him and have dismissed him in their self righteousness

Question 45

till somebody would get hungry/ and go hunting again

Answer 45

Metaphor - portrays women as predators and that even tough they seen to have a negative regards for men they will still seek out new partners as it is unlikely these will last