Ruth Characterisation 3
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- Created on: 01-02-21 21:10
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- Ruth
- Attitudes to Tommy
- Unsympathetic and critical
- Believes he needs to be more self-controlled
- "If he learnt to keep his cool, they'd leave him alone" (10)
- Serious falling out over his infidelity with Martha H
- Hypocritical as she does the same herself at H and the Cs
- Regards relationship as a matter of keeping the score
- "the scores are all even again" (102)
- "Tommy and I were made for each other" (102)
- Wrong
- Possessive as she lacks K's inner calm
- Uses him to make herself feel better
- Making peace on way back from Cromer a foreshadowing of boat trip
- Attitudes to Kathy
- K finds R derivative (false) and immature
- Spoiling novels= irritating and pretence at superiority
- "baby sister isn't getting played with so often" 122
- Sarcastic
- Recognisable relationship from abnormal circumstances
- Nuanced relationship is universal and adds to their humanity
- Recognisable relationship from abnormal circumstances
- Sarcastic
- Denys H memories
- Seeks to undermine her confidence
- Unhelpful when K seeks advice regarding sexuality but later admitted that she completely related
- Exploits her weaknesses
- Aggressive tone contrasts to ingratiating style towards Chrissie and Rodney
- Making peace on way back from Cromer a foreshadowing of boat trip
- Reacts out of jealousy and possessiveness when she finds K's tape has been replaced
- Destroys last shred of trio by saying T would never love K due to her promiscuity
- Attitudes to Tommy
- Unsympathetic and critical
- Believes he needs to be more self-controlled
- "If he learnt to keep his cool, they'd leave him alone" (10)
- Serious falling out over his infidelity with Martha H
- Hypocritical as she does the same herself at H and the Cs
- Regards relationship as a matter of keeping the score
- "the scores are all even again" (102)
- "Tommy and I were made for each other" (102)
- Wrong
- Possessive as she lacks K's inner calm
- Uses him to make herself feel better
- Attitudes to Tommy
- Guarded when K becomes her carer due to guilty conscience and expectance of revenge
- K finds R derivative (false) and immature
- Attitudes to Tommy
- Boat trip
- Purpose: R's apology for keeping K and T apart, for her lies and to give them Madames address with the legacy that they should seek deferral
- Why give K and T M's address?
- Fighting the system
- Final act of aggression
- Trying to get T and K to do something she knows is futile
- "Triumph flash across her face"
- Why give K and T M's address?
- Response to stimuli (gestures, expressions, (body) language) add up to a deathbed confession of guilt and shame
- Combined with death, somewhat rehabilitated from faults
- Purpose: R's apology for keeping K and T apart, for her lies and to give them Madames address with the legacy that they should seek deferral
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