There are two dead birds, facing in opposite directions, like mirror images of each other; there are two pairs of vessels on the floor; and there are two living presences, the woman gazing down at her work and the tense, watchful cat. ...
Wilde also creates comedy here by using stage directions rather than just dialogue, which would increase the humour in the scene as it adds to the slyness of the women's actions without them having to actually say anything. ...