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LITERATURE - COMPONENT 2 Flashcards

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What is the beast a symbol of

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Jack’s growing power

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How does the beast progress

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diminutive ‘beastie’, ‘a snake-thing’ to ‘beast’

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3
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When is Simon mistaken for the beast - foreshadowing his death

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Chapter 5

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How is the parachutist described

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‘bulged’

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How does Jack respond to the beast

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‘if there was a snake we’d hunt and kill it’ - exploits the litte’uns fear so they are dependant on his protection

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What is the beast a catalyst for

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Jack and Ralph’s rivalry

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How does Ralph respond to the beast

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‘there isn’t a beast’ - tactical error

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How does Simon respond to the beast

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‘maybe it’s only us’

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How does Piggy respond to the beast

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‘unless we get frightened of people’

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How is Simon’s weirdness described

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‘skinny’ ‘queer’, ‘funny’, ‘cracked’ + HAS EPILEPSEY

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Chapter 6 - Simon talking about the beast

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‘I don’t beleive in the beast’ - short sentense

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How is the boys killing of Simon ironic

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The boys fear of the beast casue them to kill the person who tells them the beast isn’t real

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Simon’s kindness - Chapter 3

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‘Simon found the fruit they could not reach’

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Ralph’s admiration of the conch

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‘affectionate reverence for the conch’

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Difference between Jack and Piggy with the conch

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Piggy knows how to use it and Jack abuses it

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Conch apperance progression

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‘glistening’ and ‘deep cream’ to ‘bleached’

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17
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Emphasise on conch’s fragility

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‘fragile, shining beauty’

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18
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Segregation of the sea

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‘the barrier’ and ‘the divider’ - seperates the boys for civilisation

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Nature of the sea

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‘sharks waited’ and the current ‘flowing backwards’

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Ralph’s final weeping cries

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‘darkness of man’s heart’ and ‘wept for the end of innocence’

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Ralph’s immediate mistake talking to Jack and the choir boys

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‘the choir belons to you of course’

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Ralph being a figure of original sin

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  • Ralph got carried away by a sudden thick excietement’
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Piggy’s physical weaknesses

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‘asthma’, ‘very fat’, ‘em’, ‘ought’

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Who is the outsider

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Piggy

25
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Chapter 5 - Piggy’s intelligence

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‘Piggy for all his ludicrous body had brains’

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Piggy’s vlaues for civilisation, and decorum

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‘What’s grown ups goin’ think’ and reffering to SImon’s death as an ‘accident’

27
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Ralph getting carried away by hunting in Chapter 7

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‘The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering’

28
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Chanting in Chapter 7

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‘The chant rose ritually’

29
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Sow being hunted

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‘gasping’ ‘staggered’ ‘blundered’

30
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Why is the fire paradoxical

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Promises both safety and danger

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Relationship between nature and man

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Nature dominates man

32
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Ralph talking about rules, and Jack’s response

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‘the rules are the only thing we’ve got’ ‘bollocks to the rules’

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Ralph if no one comes back to the conch

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‘we’ll be like animals’

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Chapter 1 - first intorudction of Jack

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‘Snake clasp belt’

35
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Some boys on the island - chapter 1

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‘some half-naked’ - some already descended

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Beast talking to Simon

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‘I’m part of you’ + promises ‘fun’ (foreshadowing his death)

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What is the pig’s head a physical manifestation of

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The beast within the boys

38
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‘Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood’

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  • Monosallabic primitive chant
  • Basic agressive, violent verbs
39
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Irony of Jack’s savagery claim

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‘After all, we’re not savages’

40
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What is the island a microcosm of

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Society

41
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Jack taking Piggy’s glasses

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‘snatched the glasses off his face’ - violent verb

42
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Degration of how the tribe adress Jack

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  • End of Chapter 11, known as ‘cheif’
  • Loss of identity of Jack Merridew
43
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Jack’s first words being intereogative

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‘where’s the man with the trumpet’

44
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Power of the mask - Chapter 4

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‘the mask compelled them’ and the mask allowed Jack to be ‘liberated from shame’

45
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Degradtion of laughter

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‘laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling’

46
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Roger still being constrained by civilisation

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‘invisible yet strong was the taboo of the old life’ and ‘roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation’

47
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Predatory nature of the choir

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‘circling’

48
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Chant of the tribe - Chapter 9

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‘began to beat like a steady pulse’

49
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Pig’s being described

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‘bloated bags of fat’ , ‘unsuspicious’, noun phrase of ‘maternal bliss’

50
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Superlative of Jack hunting

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‘largest sow’

51
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Chapter 8 - Jack twisting Ralph’s words

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‘Ralph thinks you’re cowards’

52
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What was created on the island when the boys first landed

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A scar

53
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Change in how nature is viewed

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‘enchantment’ and ‘paradise’ to ‘impossible jungle’

54
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Form of the novel Jekyll and Hyde

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Epistolary

55
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Form of Jekyll and Hyde

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Epistolary

56
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Form of Jekyll and Hyde

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Epistolary

57
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Description of Jekyll transforming in front of Lanyon

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  • reeled
  • staggered
  • clutched
  • gasping with an open mouth
  • mind submerged in terror
  • Lanyon repeatidly cries ‘oh god’
58
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Murder of Carew quotes

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  • Great flame of anger
  • broke out of all bounds
  • ape-like fury
  • bones were audibly shattered
  • clubbed him to the eart
  • like a madman

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