The girl as a participant

Rosemary as a participant

*Relational processes:

In many ways she is presented us very active .There are descriptions both for her physical appearance and for her characteristic features and interests:

?She was young, brilliant, extremely modern, exquisitely well dressed, amazingly well read in the newest of the new books ...?

Even the words describing her are beatifully chosen ones and there is nothing which makes her inferior-as it is obviously seen -she is not a woman adored for her goddess beauty but she is an active figure in a society with her doings; however it is not clear whether she makes it to be seen like that or she is really the one known in a society .

?Her hat, really no bigger than a geranium petal, hung from a branch...?

The writer of the text here uses metaphorical phrases while describing Rosemary?s hat. Infact the writer doesn?t generally use such things , the language of the text is direct but here , in describing her appearance,she does this . Infact it is to reflect the prominence that is given for her.

*Material processes:

She is mostly ?the actor? where the girl is the goal or sometimes the beneficiary recipient: ?I want you to. To please me.?

Here ?I? , Rosemary, takes part as an actor whereas ?you?,Miss Smith, is the goal and ?want? is the process which is stated by Rosemary. We may infer that Rosemary is dominant and makes others do whatever she wants to.

?I only want to make you warm...?

This time what she desires to be made by her is something good as a concept ; but even it is good for Miss Smith, it is directed by Rosemary and shows her power on her by regarding Miss Smith as a helpless creature which is to be pitied and looked after.

?Come and sit down,? she cried, dragging her big chair up to the fire,?in this comfy chair.?

And the circumstantial features where the actor is Rosemary gives clues for her rich ,comfortable life style.

To give more examples:

?And ?there!? cried Rosemary again , as they reached her beatiful big bedroom with the curtains drawn, the fire leaping on her wonderful lacquer furniture, her gold cushions and the primrose and blue rugs.?

?She turned impulsively.? (She is accustomed to speking freely in a society thanks to the power of the money .)

*Mental processes:

Looking at how she sees the world around her, we realize that she can mention about what she likes or dislikes and reveals her ideas directly and freely; we have lots of verbs telling us about her cognition and affection:

?Yes, she liked it very much, she loved it.?

?Rosemary admired the flowers.?

?Rosemary gave no sign.?

?Rosemary laughed out.?

?She decided...?

?She wanted to spare this poor little thing...?

?She saw a little battered creature with enormous eyes...?

?I hate lilac.?

The girl as a participant

*Relational processes:

Date: 2016-06-13; view: 392