Assisi K.O Flashcards
Analysis and theme for the quote “dwarf with his hand on backwards sat, slumped”
Dehumanisation is the theme.
Alliteration given in sat slumped.
Onomatopoeia if giving us the slumped sound.
theme and analysis for “like a half filled sack”
Visual image of him being like a sack slumped to the side as he has bad posture
Dehumanisation as it’s telling us about his posture .
Analysis and theme for “tiny twisted legs from which sawdust might run”
Alliteration in tiny twisted.
Word choice is making you feel pity as he’s not as mobile.
Extended metaphor is bringing back in like a half filled sack by continuing the idea of how the posture in the beggar lacks.
Theme and analysis for “outside the three tiers of churches in honour of St Francis”
Word choice said three tiers suggests comparison with the cake and how the church is decorative and is tall in height.
Analysis and theme of “he had the advantage of not being dead yet”
Word choice if telling us how the advantage goes to the beggar as he is the one still alive however St Francis is now dead.
Theme and analysis for “a preist explained how clever it was of Giotto to make his frescoes tell stories that would reveal to the illiterate the goodness of fox
By saying he is a preist you are given the idea that he is going to have the same qualities as St Francis (helping and caring for the poor
The theme is irony and hypocrisy
Analysis and theme of “suffering of his son”
Word choice-By saying the suffering of His Son, it’s making us think about the suffering Jesus went through while dying.
Analysis and theme of “I understood his explanation and cleverness”
The priest is being a hypocrite
Hypocrisy- the practise of claiming the have higher standards or beliefs but that’s not the case.
Makes us think of the hypocrisy of the priests lack of action.
Theme is hypocrisy
“Theme and analysis of “ruined temple “
Metaphor- the beggar is the ruined temple.
“Ruined”- the denotation is to be broken and wrecked and the connotation is that the beggar hasn’t been cared or looked after
“Temple”- the denotation is a place of worship and the connotation is that because we’re ignoring the beggars “temple” we are disrespecting the laws of God and St Francis.
Theme and analysis for “eyes wept pus”
Visual image
Metaphor- his eyes are weeping pus as if he was crying
Theme and analysis for “lopsided mouth”
It’s suggesting that his face isn’t normal so it may be showing signs of illness and health. Disfigurement
Theme and analysis for “ Grazie in a voice as sweet
as a child’s when she speaks to her mother
or a bird’s when it spoke
to St Francis”
Word choice-It’s telling us that the beggars voice is subtle, sweet and almost high pitched
Simile- it’s comparing the sweetness of a child to the beggar and how they are also timid.
Metaphor- suggests how beautiful and sweet the voice they’re hearing is
Theme is the plight of the poor
