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Card 6
Front
Defensive and guarded
Back
Card 7
Front
protective but also fragile
Back
Card 8
Front
no hidden agenda, unlike the mother
Back
Card 9
Front
deeply unpleasant metaphor, something almost monstrous behind her polite exterior
Back
Card 10
Front
artificially pleasant but animalistic and aggressive
Back
Card 11
Front
duelling metaphor- the maternal role gives her first victory in a battle for her son
Back
Card 12
Front
Repetition of fight and sibilance reinforce that the mother is the aggerssor
Back
Card 13
Front
sibilance that draws attention to the metaphor which suggests that the family are just possesions
Back
Card 14
Front
euphemisms that convey the mother as snobbish
Back
Card 15
Front
the tone is blunt, the enjambment and lack of rhyme emphasise that the rivalry will not end
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