LITERATURE - COMPONENT 2 Flashcards
What is the beast a symbol of
Jack’s growing power
How does the beast progress
diminutive ‘beastie’, ‘a snake-thing’ to ‘beast’
When is Simon mistaken for the beast - foreshadowing his death
Chapter 5
How is the parachutist described
‘bulged’
How does Jack respond to the beast
‘if there was a snake we’d hunt and kill it’ - exploits the litte’uns fear so they are dependant on his protection
What is the beast a catalyst for
Jack and Ralph’s rivalry
How does Ralph respond to the beast
‘there isn’t a beast’ - tactical error
How does Simon respond to the beast
‘maybe it’s only us’
How does Piggy respond to the beast
‘unless we get frightened of people’
How is Simon’s weirdness described
‘skinny’ ‘queer’, ‘funny’, ‘cracked’ + HAS EPILEPSEY
Chapter 6 - Simon talking about the beast
‘I don’t beleive in the beast’ - short sentense
How is the boys killing of Simon ironic
The boys fear of the beast casue them to kill the person who tells them the beast isn’t real
Simon’s kindness - Chapter 3
‘Simon found the fruit they could not reach’
Ralph’s admiration of the conch
‘affectionate reverence for the conch’
Difference between Jack and Piggy with the conch
Piggy knows how to use it and Jack abuses it
Conch apperance progression
‘glistening’ and ‘deep cream’ to ‘bleached’
Emphasise on conch’s fragility
‘fragile, shining beauty’
Segregation of the sea
‘the barrier’ and ‘the divider’ - seperates the boys for civilisation
Nature of the sea
‘sharks waited’ and the current ‘flowing backwards’
Ralph’s final weeping cries
‘darkness of man’s heart’ and ‘wept for the end of innocence’
Ralph’s immediate mistake talking to Jack and the choir boys
‘the choir belons to you of course’
Ralph being a figure of original sin
- Ralph got carried away by a sudden thick excietement’
Piggy’s physical weaknesses
‘asthma’, ‘very fat’, ‘em’, ‘ought’
Who is the outsider
Piggy
Chapter 5 - Piggy’s intelligence
‘Piggy for all his ludicrous body had brains’
Piggy’s vlaues for civilisation, and decorum
‘What’s grown ups goin’ think’ and reffering to SImon’s death as an ‘accident’
Ralph getting carried away by hunting in Chapter 7
‘The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering’
Chanting in Chapter 7
‘The chant rose ritually’
Sow being hunted
‘gasping’ ‘staggered’ ‘blundered’
Why is the fire paradoxical
Promises both safety and danger
Relationship between nature and man
Nature dominates man
Ralph talking about rules, and Jack’s response
‘the rules are the only thing we’ve got’ ‘bollocks to the rules’
Ralph if no one comes back to the conch
‘we’ll be like animals’
Chapter 1 - first intorudction of Jack
‘Snake clasp belt’
Some boys on the island - chapter 1
‘some half-naked’ - some already descended
Beast talking to Simon
‘I’m part of you’ + promises ‘fun’ (foreshadowing his death)
What is the pig’s head a physical manifestation of
The beast within the boys
‘Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood’
- Monosallabic primitive chant
- Basic agressive, violent verbs
Irony of Jack’s savagery claim
‘After all, we’re not savages’
What is the island a microcosm of
Society
Jack taking Piggy’s glasses
‘snatched the glasses off his face’ - violent verb
Degration of how the tribe adress Jack
- End of Chapter 11, known as ‘cheif’
- Loss of identity of Jack Merridew
Jack’s first words being intereogative
‘where’s the man with the trumpet’
Power of the mask - Chapter 4
‘the mask compelled them’ and the mask allowed Jack to be ‘liberated from shame’
Degradtion of laughter
‘laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling’
Roger still being constrained by civilisation
‘invisible yet strong was the taboo of the old life’ and ‘roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation’
Predatory nature of the choir
‘circling’
Chant of the tribe - Chapter 9
‘began to beat like a steady pulse’
Pig’s being described
‘bloated bags of fat’ , ‘unsuspicious’, noun phrase of ‘maternal bliss’
Superlative of Jack hunting
‘largest sow’
Chapter 8 - Jack twisting Ralph’s words
‘Ralph thinks you’re cowards’
What was created on the island when the boys first landed
A scar
Change in how nature is viewed
‘enchantment’ and ‘paradise’ to ‘impossible jungle’
Form of the novel Jekyll and Hyde
Epistolary
Form of Jekyll and Hyde
Epistolary
Form of Jekyll and Hyde
Epistolary
Description of Jekyll transforming in front of Lanyon
- reeled
- staggered
- clutched
- gasping with an open mouth
- mind submerged in terror
- Lanyon repeatidly cries ‘oh god’
Murder of Carew quotes
- Great flame of anger
- broke out of all bounds
- ape-like fury
- bones were audibly shattered
- clubbed him to the eart
- like a madman
