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Lord of the flies quotes Flashcards

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Jack quote hair

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“Jack smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down his plastered hair”

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What is the symbolism of Jack’s hair?

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It covers his eyes which symbolises how he is being blinded

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AO2 “Jack smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down the plastered hair”

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Symbolism: -hair covering his eyes and his
rationale
-blood symbolises savagery and it is
smudged like paint as it is hiding
his conscience

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AO3 “Jack smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down the plastered hair”

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‘But it[civilisation] breaks down in blood and terror because the boys suffer the terrible disease of being human’

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Jack’s psychological descent into savagery (chapter 5)

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“the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated

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AO2 Jack’s psychological descent into savagery (chap 5)

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personification and metaphor

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AO3 Jack’s psychological descent into savagery (chap 5)

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The mask = id (Freudian ideas), symbolises how ego and superego are being shed as they shed their school clothes

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Jack civilized v.s uncivilized

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“taken away its life like a long satisfying drink”

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AO2 Jack civilized vs uncivilized

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simile

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AO3 Jack civilized vs uncivilized

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orthodox doctrine: original sin- normal spiritual conditions of humans

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Jack Dog

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“Dog like…on all fours” “flared nostrils”

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AO2 Jack Dog

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zoomorphism

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AO3 Jack Dog

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the descent into savagery and non British nature

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Jack atomic warfare

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“War-paint”

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AO2 Jack atomic warfare

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Symbolism and microcosm

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AO3 Jack atomic warfare

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Golding witnessed the rise of atomic warfare and dictatorships/ Nazism in europe/ cold war(esp serving in ww2 naval officer)

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Jack symbolising disorder and evil in their society

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“A stain that was jack detached itself and began to draw away”

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AO2 Jack symbolising disorder and evil in their society

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Metaphor of the stain

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AO3 Jack symbolising disorder and evil in their society

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Original sin allusion

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Jack/Piggy fire as a weapon v.s fire to be rescued

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“His specs – use them as burning glasses!”

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AO2 Jack/Piggy fire as a weapon v.s fire to be rescued

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the glasses symbolise logic and insight which is imperative to life = lighting the fire

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AO3 Jack/Piggy fire as a weapon v.s fire to be rescued

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The only way to start a civilised fire is to use the voice of logic

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Jack/Ralph Fire as a weapon vs fire to be rescued

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“They had smoked him out and set the island on fire”

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AO2 Jack/Ralph Fire as a weapon vs fire to be rescued

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alludes to the expression “fighting with fire”

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A03 Jack/Ralph Fire as a weapon vs fire to be rescued

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Mob mentality: Milgram experiment 1963- tested response to authority at the expense of “harming another”

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Ralph conch democracy

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We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that’s a meeting.

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AO2 Ralph conch democracy

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Imperatives. Short dictatorial instructing sentences.

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AO3 Ralph conch democracy

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Golding witnessed the dictatorships/ Nazism in europe/ cold war(esp serving in ww2 naval officer)

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Ralph Savagery

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“The knowledge and awe made him savage”

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AO2 Ralph Savagery

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irony: comparing awe with savage to show the extremity of descent

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AO3 Ralph Savagery

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‘Man produces evil like a bee produces honey’

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Ralph/Simoon mob mentality/Savagery

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That was Simon…That was murder.

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AO2 Ralph/Simoon mob mentality/Savagery

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Anagnorisis and ellipsis

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AO3 Ralph/Simoon mob mentality/Savagery

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Milgram experiment 1963- tested response to authority at the expense of “harming another”

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Ralph Savagery end

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“Ralph shuddered at human contact”

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AO2 Ralph Savagery end

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symbolism-distanced, alienating description ‘human contact’

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AO3 Ralph Savagery end

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ID used to be balanced by civilisation (ego/superego) but now Ralph’s raw ID doesn’t recognised his socially conditioned ‘superego self’

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Ralph the fall of democracy

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Wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of a man’s heart and the fall through the air of a true wise friend called piggy’

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AO2 Ralph the fall of democracy

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anagnorisis

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AO3 Ralph the fall of democracy

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Original sin

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Simon prophethood

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“Nothing moved but a pair of gaudy butterflies”

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AO2 Simon prophethood

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symbolism

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AO3 Simon Prophethood

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Simon represents a prophetic figure in lotf, a jesus figure who represents innate innocence with “miraculous” powers”

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simon/beast prophecy

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“What i mean…maybe it’s only us

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AO2 simon/beast savagery

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allusion

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AO3 simon/beast savagery

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A St Augustine doctrine that teaches us original sin is an attribute that we are solely born with.

47
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Simon prophethood

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“Nothing moved but a gaudy pair of butterflies”

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AO2 Simon prophethood

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symbolism

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AO3 Simon prophethood

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Simon represents a prophetic figure similar to Jesus who represents innate innocence with miraculous powers

50
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Simon prophecy

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“You’ll make it back alright”

51
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AO2 Simon prophecy

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foreshadowing

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A03 Simon Prophecy

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Simon has prophetic powers, hence it is insinuated that he knows his death is imminent

53
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Simon the beasts’ voice

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“The lord of the flies spoke in the voice of the schoolmaster”

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AO2 Simon the beasts’ voice

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symbolism and allusion

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AO3 Simon the beasts’ voice

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adult behaviour is strived for yet it is the cause of corruption in society e.g dictatorship, atomic wars

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Simon Jesus figure

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“He pushed on staggering sometimes with his weariness but never stopping

57
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AO2 Simon Jesus figure

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biblical allusion

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AO3 Simon Jesus figure

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Jesus trek through the desert is alluded to

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Simons’ death

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“silvered…sculpted marble£

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AO2 Simon’s death

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biblical imagery metaphor

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AO3 Simon’s death

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Simon becomes a religious icon, serves as a cautionary tale of how religion is essential for the management of the id

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Piggy dictatorship

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“Shriek of terror as Jack snatched his glasses”

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AO2 Piggy dictatorship

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snatched = violent verb and symbolism

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AO3 Piggy dictatorship

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alludes to prevalent rise of dictatorial leadership like Hitler and Stalin, and how they gain influence out of terror taking away peoples critical thinking

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Piggy voice of logic

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“unless we get frightened of people”

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AO4 Piggy Voice of Logic

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Golding is critiquing the rise of dictatorial leadership such as Stalin and Hitler

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Piggy denial of innate evil

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“We never done nothing, we never see nothing”

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AO2 Piggy’s denial of innate evil

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repetition of nothing and never

69
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AO3 Piggy’s denial of innate evil

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Human denial of their own flaws which is justified by logic

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AO4 Piggy’s denial of innate evil

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Golding is critiquing british colonial ideals e,g the justification for slavery

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Piggy sight

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“Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous walls of his myopia”

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A02 Piggy sight

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metaphor and symbolism

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A03 Piggy sight

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symbolises how there is a wall between Piggy and the world around him and how without logic he cannot connect with this world

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Piggy death

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Piggys arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it had been killed

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AO2 Piggy’s death

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anthropomorphism and dehumanisation

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A03 Piggy’s death

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likens Piggy to a pig grown for slaughter

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Piggy Conch

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“The conch exploded into a thousand whit fragments

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AO2 Piggy conch

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symbolism

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AO3 Piggy conch

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suggests that British democracy is flawed

80
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beast roger

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‘some source of power began to pulse in roger’s body’

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beast and simon

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‘you knew didn’t you? i’m part of you? close, close, close!’

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snake beast

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‘if there was a snake thing we’d hunt it and kill it’

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