Chainsaw Versus the Pampus Grass- Armitage Flashcards
1
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Armitage’s MAP
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- humanity can be destructive towards nature
- contrast: overwhelming power of nature
- power play between genders
2
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Themes
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- gender
- power and conflict
- place and objects
- gender roles
- nature
3
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F/s- erratic stanza/ line lengths
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- large stanzas: dominance of masculinity
- short stanzas: feminine oppression
- physically appears jagged
4
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F/S- end-stops
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humanity’s attempt to control the free-flow of nature
5
Q
‘grinding its teeth’
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- animalistic imagery and personification: aggression and dominance of stereotypical masculinity, juxt. to fragility of feminine pampas grass
6
Q
‘ludicrous feathers/ and plumes’
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criticising indulgence and ideals of femininity
7
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‘sunning itself,/ stealing the show with its footstools’
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- fragility and feminine qualities
- sibilance: strength of nature, demonstrated through grass growing back
8
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‘I left it at that.’
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- irony: pampas grass has not been left alone
- trapped between two end-stopped sentences; nature is constantly destroyed by man
9
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‘the chainsaw seethed’
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- phallic imagery: dominant and violent in comparison to pampas grass
- grass appears weak and inferior
