Hotel 12th floor

Question 1

Key quotes for stanza one for hotel 12th floor

Answer 1

“Helicopter skirting like a damaged insect”
“Jumbo sized dentist drill”
“But now”
“Midnight has come in”
“Foreign places”
“Uncivilised darkness is shot at”
“Million lit windows”

Question 2

Explain the quote “jumbo sized dentist drill”

Answer 2

Wc
Connotations of sheer value in America
-shows how America is a materialistic country which is seen negatively by Spectors

Question 3

Explain the quote “helicopter skirting like a damaged insect”

Answer 3

• simile
• compares helicopter to a damaged insect
• similarities are that they can be seen in the same setting, the air but completely in contrast with each other
• gives a sense of scale and setting, helicopter is tiny in comparison to the building

Question 4

Explain the quote “But now”

Answer 4

Wc
Connotations to a change in view
Signifies change and contrast

Question 5

Explain the quote “midnight has come in”

Answer 5

Personification
Compares the night to a visitor
-similarities is that the night has traveled as has the evening
-shows the difference between the day and evening

Question 6

Explain the quote “foreign”

Answer 6

Wc
Connotations of unknown and unpredictable
-suggesting there is something to fear

Question 7

Explain the quote “uncivilised darkness is shot at”

Answer 7

Metaphor

• compares the light for the windows hitting the darkness
• similarities is that it echos the violence from the street below
• battle between good and evil

Question 8

Explain the quote “million lit windows”

Answer 8

Wc
“Million”
Connotations to the sheer amount of windows
Suggests darkness will win and our efforts to fight it is useless
Shows the battle between good and evil

Question 9

Explain the quote “wildest of war hoops”

Answer 9

Alliteration

Suggests something uncivilising and emphasises the sound of the city

Question 10

Explain the quote “continually ululating”

Answer 10

Onomatopoeia
Sounds of being tribal
Continues the idea of good vs evil

Question 11

Explain the quote “glittering canyons and gulching”

Answer 11

Alliteration
Gives setting as it compares skyscraper to the Wild West
Contrast as it highlights that the place is uncivilised even though ‘glittering’ contradicts that

Question 12

Explain the quote ‘broken bones’

Answer 12

• alliteration
• used to represent the whole person
• victims are dehumanised and as a result they just become statistics in a violent city

Question 13

Explain the quote “harsh screaming”

Answer 13

Wc of ‘screaming’
Connotes to unpleasant sounds and experiences
Suggesting people are screaming and emphasises the dead of mankind below

Question 14

Explain the quote “blood glazed”

Answer 14

Enjambent

-emphasises the destruction of the city

Question 15

Explain the quote “never” and “no”

Answer 15

Wc
Connotations of not doing and of absolutes
-shows how we cant escape the evil in this world no matter how civilised mankind may be

Question 16

Explain the quote “no stockades can keep the midnight out”

Answer 16

• compares midnight to having to be blocked out
• similarities are that the darkness represents the evil in this world
• we can’t escape it as it withdraws us and humans are responsible for evil

Question 17

What’s the key quotes of stanza 2 for hotel 12th floor

Answer 17

“Wildest of warhoops”
“Continually ululating”
“Glittering canyons and gulches”
“Broken bones”
“Harsh screaming”
“Blood glazed”

Question 18

What’s the key quotes of stanza 3 for hotel 12th floor

Answer 18

“Never” and “no”

“No stockades can keep the midnight out”

Question 19

What to write for commonality for hotel 12th floor

Answer 19

‘Hotel 12th floor’ by Norman Maccaig uses language featured to answer question this is shown when the speaker is in a hotel room, looking below at humanity