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Post by MsElliott on Oct 26, 2015 4:30:02 GMT
Why doesn't Mayella answer Atticus' "list" of questions? Integrate a quote to support your answer.
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Post by jemimareid on Oct 26, 2015 11:59:30 GMT
Why doesn't Mayella answer Atticus' "list" of questions? Integrate a quote to support your answer. Mayella doesn't answer the questions because she's worried she'll slip up and mispeak, therefore earning her a beating from Mr Ewell. She knows she has no clear evidence, and that's why she plays the emotional card; "I got somethin' to say an' then I ain't gonna say no more. That nigger yonder took advantage of me an' if you fine fancy gentlemen don't wanta do nothin' about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards, stinkin' cowards, the lot of you. Your fancy airs don't come to nothin'—your ma'amin' and Miss Mayellerin' don't come to nothin', Mr. Finch-" |
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Post by lilyklunyk on Oct 27, 2015 9:29:09 GMT
The more questions Atticus asked, the more upset and confused Mayella became. She was probably worried that if she answered his questions, her answers would be muddled and her false story would unravel. We could see this starting to happen when she says, “no, I don’t recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me”.
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Post by mattsmart on Oct 27, 2015 9:53:58 GMT
Mayella answers Atticus's questions blunty because she doesn't want to accidently spill the truth on how it was actually her father that raped her. After some more questions she is getting more nervous and she finally slips up by saying, “no, I don’t recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me”
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Post by remimckenzie on Oct 27, 2015 10:00:46 GMT
Mayella begins to get flustered as Atticus throws a "list" of questions at her as she is under much stress to keep the true and false stories seperate. Mayella doesn't want to accidentally tell the truth, and therefore does not want to answer all the questions as she is confused. She, after a lot of questions by Atticus, eventually folds under the pressure as she says "no, I don't recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me"
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Post by mattsmart on Oct 27, 2015 10:03:55 GMT
Mayella begins to get flustered as Atticus throws a "list" of questions at her as she is under much stress to keep the true and false stories seperate. Mayella doesn't want to accidentally tell the truth, and therefore does not want to answer all the questions as she is confused. She, after a lot of questions by Atticus, eventually folds under the pressure as she says "no, I don't recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me" I agree on how she begins to become flustered when atticus keeps asking questions. |
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Post by isabelleewert on Oct 27, 2015 10:26:40 GMT
Why doesn't Mayella answer Atticus' "list" of questions? Integrate a quote to support your answer. Whether Atticus had planned the interrogation or not, Mayella began to slip up with the questions providing conflicting answers clearly showing how nervous she was to say the right things. She was possibly worried she might have been beaten by her father if she said something wrong so decided to say as little as possible however, as Atticus' "list" of questions became too much for her she becomes emotional saying, "Huh? Yes, he hit - I just don't remember ... it all happened so quick," and she began crying. |
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Post by Hope15 on Oct 27, 2015 11:01:36 GMT
I think that the reason Mayella doesn't answer Atticus' list of questions is because she doesn't want to say something that could possible lead to her spilling information she shouldn't. She knows that she has a chance of saying something that could lead to the truth being figured out so instead she goes on a long and silly rant calling the courtroom people "yellow, stinkin' cowards". She then tries to act scared and distraught in an effort to not answer Atticus' questions.
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Post by zoewatson on Oct 27, 2015 11:04:37 GMT
Mayella does not want to answer the questions because she knows if she stuffs up she will get "a beating" from her father. She doesn't want to mess up the cover story and just repeats things she has said before.
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Post by coreym on Oct 27, 2015 11:12:29 GMT
Mayella answers Atticus's questions blunty because she doesn't want to accidently spill the truth on how it was actually her father that raped her. After some more questions she is getting more nervous and she finally slips up by saying, “no, I don’t recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me” Nice response, I agree hoe Mayella didn't want to accidentally spill the truth |
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Post by mackenzieg on Oct 27, 2015 12:39:27 GMT
Why doesn't Mayella answer Atticus' "list" of questions? Integrate a quote to support your answer. Mayella doesn't answer the questions because she's worried she'll slip up and mispeak, therefore earning her a beating from Mr Ewell. She knows she has no clear evidence, and that's why she plays the emotional card; "I got somethin' to say an' then I ain't gonna say no more. That nigger yonder took advantage of me an' if you fine fancy gentlemen don't wanta do nothin' about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards, stinkin' cowards, the lot of you. Your fancy airs don't come to nothin'—your ma'amin' and Miss Mayellerin' don't come to nothin', Mr. Finch-" I think that Mayella is aware that the more she speaks, the more her story starts to fall apart. |
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Post by kate Fincham on Oct 29, 2015 8:20:08 GMT
The more questions Atticus asked, the more upset and confused Mayella became. She was probably worried that if she answered his questions, her answers would be muddled and her false story would unravel. We could see this starting to happen when she says, “no, I don’t recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me”. I agree with this, she was probably feeling pressured to get her story exactly right and feared what would happen if she didn't. |
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Post by Yor a wizard Harry!! (Ashton) on Oct 29, 2015 10:09:26 GMT
Mayella does not want to answer the questions because she knows if she stuffs up she will get "a beating" from her father. She doesn't want to mess up the cover story and just repeats things she has said before. I believe that you are correct Zoe, she knows she is lying and she isn't good at it either. It can be seen in her unsure speech, Um, yes , no, im not sure etc. |
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Post by Cassandra on Nov 11, 2015 1:20:33 GMT
Why doesn't Mayella answer Atticus' "list" of questions? Integrate a quote to support your answer. Mayella doesn't answer the questions because she's worried she'll slip up and mispeak, therefore earning her a beating from Mr Ewell. She knows she has no clear evidence, and that's why she plays the emotional card; "I got somethin' to say an' then I ain't gonna say no more. That nigger yonder took advantage of me an' if you fine fancy gentlemen don't wanta do nothin' about it then you're all yellow stinkin' cowards, stinkin' cowards, the lot of you. Your fancy airs don't come to nothin'—your ma'amin' and Miss Mayellerin' don't come to nothin', Mr. Finch-" I agree with this statement and would like to add that as well as being afraid of mispeaking the lie fabricated to get Tom convicted, she might also be concerned and concious about what other witnesses might say. |
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Post by stewarts on Nov 12, 2015 22:19:17 GMT
Mayellaunderstands her story would unravell if she answers the questions.
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