"Anna's Marriage"

acrylic image from chicagoartists.net

Discussion starters:

What does the red plush sofa represent?

Describe Philip Coetzee.

How does the music box function thematically at the story's end?

Do you find Anna's delusion engaging or pathetic?

sofa from dolls2u.com

Critical Sources:

  •  Haresnape, Geoffrey. "Barriers of Race and Language: Pauline Smith's Critique of a Rural Society."  English in Africa, 4.1 (1977): 40-46.

  • Smith, Pauline.  "Background to Platkops." The Unknown Pauline Smith.  Ed. Ernest Pereira.  Pietermaritzburg: U of Natal P, 1993.  158-65.

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Created by Stan Galloway 10 November 2003..  Last updated 31 May 2005.