How we cite our quotes: (Act.Line)
Quote #7
WINNIE
I take up the little glass, I shiver it on a stone—I throw it away—it will be in the bag again tomorrow, without a scratch, to help me through the day. (1.31)
Winnie's certainty that her possessions will appear for her, again and again, is a comfort. We dread to think what would happen if they disappeared one morning. Is this active happiness or is she absently resigned to familiarity and routine?
Quote #8
WINNIE
Oh this is a happy day! This will have been another happy day! After all. So far. (1.33)
Winnie begins her thought with certainty that "it is a happy day" but then moves to use the future perfect tense, which implies that something will occur in the future. So which one is it, Winnie? Is it a happy day or will it be a happy day (sometime in the future)? How much of Winnie's happiness is based upon wishful thinking?