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Fear Flashcards

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1
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initially, fear is presented…
(ch.1+2)

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through piggy

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2
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finish the quote: ‘intimidated by…

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…the uniformed superiority’

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3
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finish the quote: ‘nobody knows…

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..where we are’

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4
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finish the quote: ‘d’you think…

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…we’re safe down here’

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finish the quote: ‘his lips quivered…

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…and the spectacles were dimmed with mist’

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initially, fear is presented…

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through littl’uns

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finish the quote: ‘they suffered untold…

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…terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort’

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finish the quote: ‘they talk..

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…and scream’

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initially, fear is presented…
(ch.1)

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through violence

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finish the quote: ‘because of the enormity of the knife descending…

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…and cutting into living flesh’

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finish the quote: ‘the unbearable…

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…blood’

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finish the quote: ‘the place of…

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…terror. jack’s face was white under the freckles’

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13
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finish the quote: ‘what an enormity…

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…a downward stroke would be’

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14
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throughout the course of the novel, fear is presented…
(ch.5+6)

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through the beast

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finish the quote: ‘the vivid horror of this…

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…so possible and nakedly terrifying, held them all silent’

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‘The vivid horror of this, so possible and so nakedly terrifying, held them
all silent’

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  • ‘horror’ and ‘terrifying’ depict the scale of fear the boys are now suffering; ‘vivid’ and ‘possible’ emphasises this fear is no longer a dream, but a reality
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17
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finish the quote: ‘something big…

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…and horrid moving in the trees’

18
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finish the quote: ‘they became motionless, gripped…

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…in each other’s arms, four unwinking eyes aimed and two mouths open’

19
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‘they became motionless, gripped in each other’s arms, four unwinking eyes aimed and two mouths open’

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  • their unwavering fear of the beast magnified their experience from merely seeing the movement of the dead parachutist to seeing a threat and consequently caused them to experience the sight before them more terrifying
  • ‘motionless’ -> paralysed with fear
  • the effects of fear affected the boys individually - fear can easily distort reality
20
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throughout the course of the novel, fear is presented…
(ch.5+6)

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through jack’s manipulation of the boys

21
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finish the quote: ‘we’re strong…

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… - we hunt!’

22
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finish the quote: ‘if there’s a beast, we’ll…

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…hunt it down! we’ll close it in and beat and beat and beat’

23
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‘We’re strong―we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat―!’

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  • manipulates and uses the boys’ fear to his advantage - makes hunting seem necessary for safety -> increases his power
  • makes the beast seem more real
  • takes advantage of the chaos caused by the boys’ fear of the beast and excitement about hunting it - to gain power
24
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finish the quote: ‘this is a…

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…hunter’s job’

25
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throughout the course of the novel, fear is presented…
(ch.5+6)

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darkness

26
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finish the quote: ‘soon the darkness was….

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…full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace’

27
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‘soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace’

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  • symbolic of vulnerability
  • darkness is the founder of the beast and a manifest of the boys’ fears
28
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finish the quote: ‘a thin wail…

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…out of the darkness chilled them and sent them grabbing for each other’

29
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throughout the end of the novel, fear is presented…

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through samn’eric

30
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finish the quote: ‘samneric lay…

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…looking up in quiet terror’

31
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finish the quote: ‘the twins had..

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…grabbed each other and were gibbering’

32
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finish the quote: ‘sam spoke in a strangled voice…

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…you don’t know roger . he’s a terror’

33
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throughout the end of the novel, fear is presented…

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through ralph’s reactions to their involvement in simon’s death

34
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finish the quote: ‘I’m frightened. Of…

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… us. I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go home’

35
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‘I’m frightened. Of us. I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go home’

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  • he is becoming scared of the beast within them
36
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finish the quote: ‘he was…

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…shivering’

37
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finish the quote: ‘ralph shuddered…

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…at the human contact’

38
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throughout the end of the novel, fear is presented…

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through ralph

39
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finish the quote: ‘there was a shout from beyond the thicket…

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…and then ralph was running with the swiftness of fear through the undergrowth’

40
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‘there was a shout from beyond the thicket and then ralph was running with the swiftness of fear through the undergrowth’

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  • fear is a basic survival mechanism that signals when danger is present
  • in this case, fear had saved ralph’s life -> adrenaline caused him to escape the threats to his life

English Literature : Lord of the Flies (33 decks)

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