ANTH 4220 Chapter Notes -Metonymy, Cultural Artifact, Essentialism
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Irony: a contradiction or incongruity between appearance or expectation and reality: should not be confused with sarcasm or satire, 3 rubrics of irony: verbal, situational, and structural. Seizures connect both women and act as a foreshadowing to the events within the play. The stalker can be a gender language and used as a social discourse. Patsy catches epilepsy from marie, making it out to be contagious. Metonomy of the seizures- whenever they happen, it is signi cant, and happens at different points within the play. Seizures represent a lack of control; can"t be stopped. Second seizure is a breakthrough for francesca- it"s like a rebirth/resurrection. Sign of entrapment for patsy"s past, but sign of rebirth for francesca. Death of dog introduces possibility of harm; coaches the reader for the idea of loss. Is what causes the women to be separated. Causes both to retract/open up to their ambitions (patsy to be a mom and wife, and.
