In the opening paragraph the origins of the woman are unknown. But we can already sense the presence of preordination, through the language that’s used;
‘I knew what the tea would be like before I got there…the house would smell of fruitcake and pink gladioli,’
The woman has already decided on what is occurring before she is witness to it, it is this knowledge that we see later on in the piece that lend to her power and control.
The mention of these sets a scene for the reader, it is a typical scene, which is commonly reproduced. It plays upon the reader in a way that it assumes that they understand the context of the situation; everything is ‘perfect’, ‘polite’, and mainly sterile. These are to be viewed in the negative, but this is not as prevalent in the opening scenes as it becomes later.
The loss of dependence is shown through her mention of John, we do not know who John is or the woman’s relationship with him but we know that she did what he wanted, simply because he......
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