Assisi Flashcards
“The dwarf with his hands backwards sat, slumped”
- dehumanisation
- visual imagery
- word choice
- alliteration
- the beggar has disabilities
“On tiny twisted legs”
- Word choice
- Alliteration
- Visual imagery
“Like a half-filled sack”
- Onomatopoeic
- Dehumanisation
- Shows the physical weakness and disability of the beggar.
“From which sawdust might run”
- Word choice
- Extended metaphor (continuing from “half filled sack”
“Outside the three tiers of churches built in honour of St Francis,”
- Word choice
- Irony (the beggar is being ignored in a place where he should be cared for.)
“Brother of the poor, talker with birds, over whom he had the advantage of not being dead yet.”
- The beggar’s only advantage is that he is still alive whereas St. Francis is not.
- The beggar’s condition suggests it’s surprising he is still alive therefore it’s an advantage.
“Brother of the poor, talker with birds, over whom he had the advantage of not being dead yet.”
- The beggar’s only advantage is that he is still alive whereas St. Francis is not.
- The beggar’s condition suggests it’s surprising he is still alive therefore it’s an advantage.
“A priest explained how clever it was of Giotto”
- Irony (Giotto was illiterate yet still helped the poor, whereas the priest is ignoring the beggar yet admiring Giotto and St. Francis.
“To make his frescoes tell stories that would reveal to the illiterate the goodness of God”
- Irony (the priest is not following the teachings of the frescoes/ the biblical teachings.
“Suffering of His son”
- Word choice (makes the reader think of the suffering people like Jesus have went through for their teachings to just be ignored.
“I understood the explanation and the cleverness.”
- Hypocrisy (the priest is a hypocrite, makes us think of the hypocrisy of the priests lack of action.)
“A rush of tourists, clucking contentedly,”
- Alliteration
- onomatopoeia
- Extended metaphor
“Fluttered after him as he scattered the grain it the word.”
- metaphor
- irony/hypocrisy (the priest is teaching people about St. Francis whilst ignoring the teachings himself.
“They who had passed the ruined temple outside”
- Metaphor
- denotation (a place of worship, broken and left to crumble.)
- connotation (not been cared for, ignored.)
- juxtaposition (three tiers/ ruined temple)
“Who’s eyes wept pus”
- visual imagery
- metaphor
Connotation (the beggar is full of infection and disease.)
