London quotes and links

Question 1

‘Charter’d street’

‘Charter’d Thames’

Answer 1

Repetition of CHARTERED highlights loss of adeventure / freedom
Charter’d Thames = even nature has been controlld HEIGHT OF OPPRESSION!

Question 2

Marks of weakness’ marks of woe’

Answer 2

Repetition of phrase (anaphora), alliteration of w highlight extent of oppression and corruption within the city

Question 3

’ In every’

Answer 3

Anaphora repetition
Highlights extent / endless oppression -> no one is free so calls for change!

Endless (hopeless?)

Question 4

‘Mind forg’d manacles’

Answer 4

• Oppression internalised / institutionalised

- Symbolism of the people of London accepting their own fate and condmening themselves to it

Question 5

‘Blackening church’

Answer 5

• Loss of faith in religion
• Could literally reply to the soot covered workers sitting in the church, or the churcg (holy pure) being corrupted or the church being covered in soot to (iNESCAPABLE!!!)

Question 6

Harlot

Infant

Answer 6

Capitalised nouns highlight loss of freedom in identity and expression, people reduced to categories / labels

Question 7

Marriage Hearse

Answer 7

• Blakes cynical views of marriage
• Marriage degrades your worth and is the last step before death
• Oxymoronic?

Question 8

Youthful harlot

Blasts

Answer 8

Youthful (cORRRRRRUPPPT)
BLasts -> blunt and brutal ripping away of innocence from BIRTH
onomatopoeic?

Question 9

Link to?

Answer 9

The Prelude

• Innocence
• Condemns corruption

Living Space
- Condemns vs celebrates corruption (kinda)
- Living space celebrates the miracle of life in communities demonised and patronised by the media
Celebrates their ability to live in squalor, makes it beuaitufl and wonderful?
- London condemns the corruption and horrible living conditions to highlight need for change

Question 10

Living space quotes!

Answer 10

'just' not enough
'beams // balence'
'nails clutch'
'towards the miraculous'
'someone'
'dared' to place'
'thin walls of faith'
'slanted universe'