1 (i) : Paul Petkoff is referring to an old house coat in which he felt very comfortable when he was at home. It was the same coat that Catherine and Raina had disguised 'The Man' who had sought refuge in Raina's room (Bluntschli).
(ii) : Catherine was aware that when her husband, Paul had checked the blue closet he had not found his coat, because it was either she or her or her daughter Raina, who had taken the coat from there and had disguised 'The Man' who had sought refuge in Raina's room, in it so as to save him from the Bulgarian soldiers who were looking out for Serbian soldiers, like him, who had fled after the battle of Slivnitza through their town. Catherine did not acknowledge that fact as she did not want her husband and Sergius to know that it was Raina and herself who had so unpatriotically sided with the enemy on that occasion. Neither did she want Sergius to know that Raina had been taken in by the manner of that Man. She had returned the coat to the closet after Bluntschli had returned it and so she wanted to bluff her husband into thinking that he had just not checked the closet properly.
(iii) : By pressing the button of the electric bell Paul thinks that Catherine wanted to show off the use of the newly inserted electric bell. However, Catherine was only showing her total command of the situation be haughtily ringing the bell to get Nicola to come up so that he could check the closet and surprise Paul with the coat.
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(v) : According to Major Petkoff Catherine is mistaken in thinking that she will find his old coat in the cupboard because he has carefully checked it and has noted exactly which items of clothing were hanging there - a list of which she gives her. He is very sure that she will not find it there and that she is wasting her time pretending that it is.
(vi) : The extract tells us that Catherine is a very proactive person. She has taken the short time she has had to make sure that the coat which Bluntschli had just returned with is kept back, because Paul had already been mentioned that he couldn't find it. Catherine did not want Raina and her secret to be revealed to Sergius and Paul.
In addition, this extract proves to us that that the description of Catherine at the beginning of the play as an "imperiously energetic" person is true. She is obviously competent and actively involved in running her home and her family and she her competence results in her having an arrogant and dominant attitude towards her husband who seems quite satisfied to be looked after.
(ii) : Catherine was aware that when her husband, Paul had checked the blue closet he had not found his coat, because it was either she or her or her daughter Raina, who had taken the coat from there and had disguised 'The Man' who had sought refuge in Raina's room, in it so as to save him from the Bulgarian soldiers who were looking out for Serbian soldiers, like him, who had fled after the battle of Slivnitza through their town. Catherine did not acknowledge that fact as she did not want her husband and Sergius to know that it was Raina and herself who had so unpatriotically sided with the enemy on that occasion. Neither did she want Sergius to know that Raina had been taken in by the manner of that Man. She had returned the coat to the closet after Bluntschli had returned it and so she wanted to bluff her husband into thinking that he had just not checked the closet properly.
(iii) : By pressing the button of the electric bell Paul thinks that Catherine wanted to show off the use of the newly inserted electric bell. However, Catherine was only showing her total command of the situation be haughtily ringing the bell to get Nicola to come up so that he could check the closet and surprise Paul with the coat.
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(v) : According to Major Petkoff Catherine is mistaken in thinking that she will find his old coat in the cupboard because he has carefully checked it and has noted exactly which items of clothing were hanging there - a list of which she gives her. He is very sure that she will not find it there and that she is wasting her time pretending that it is.
(vi) : The extract tells us that Catherine is a very proactive person. She has taken the short time she has had to make sure that the coat which Bluntschli had just returned with is kept back, because Paul had already been mentioned that he couldn't find it. Catherine did not want Raina and her secret to be revealed to Sergius and Paul.
In addition, this extract proves to us that that the description of Catherine at the beginning of the play as an "imperiously energetic" person is true. She is obviously competent and actively involved in running her home and her family and she her competence results in her having an arrogant and dominant attitude towards her husband who seems quite satisfied to be looked after.
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