Pineapple

Setting

cake
Climax
Complication / Rising Action

Falling Action
Plot
Diagram

Resolution

Introduction
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Character Study: Victor

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Character Study:
Mrs Fernandez
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 Close reading: Quotes
What does the work 'ignominy' mean? What does this quote
"Of course all the little boys in her suggest about the children in the community?
row in her to seemed to be in the
same state - each one
threatened or bribed into docility.
Their eyes were the eyes of
prisoners, dark and blazing at the
ignominy and boredom and
injustice of it all' (51)

Who are the de Mellos? What is 'Green's'? Why is Mrs Fernandez

impressed by this? What does it reveal to you about Mrs
Fernandez's concerns?
'The tea will be at Green's, you
know,' she had been saying
several times a day for weeks now.
'Those de Mellos must have money
- they can't be so badly off - tea
at Green's after all.' (52)
 Close reading: Quotes
What does this quote reveal to you about the attitude of the guests
at the wedding reception?

'An omen, I tell you, it must be an

omen.' (55)

"But Victor's mother was holding him by the Why is this quote a significant ending to the play?
arm and she gave it an excited tug. 'Sit down,
man,' she whispered furtively, 'here comes
the pineapple cake,' and, to his amazement,
a plate of pastries was actually on the table
now - iced, coloured and gay. 'Take it, take
the pineapple cake,' she urged him, pushing
him towards the plate, and when the boy
didn't move but stared down at the pastry
dish as though it were the corpse on the red
rexine sofa, her mouth gave an impatient
twitch and she reached out to fork the
pineapple cake onto her own plate. She ate it
quickly.' (55)