Mahon Qutoes

Question 1

Grandfather (people)

Answer 1

‘Nothing escapes him; he escapes us all’

(The Grandfather is shroud and in control of his own life’

Question 2

Grandfather (place)

Answer 2

‘’They brought him in on a stretcher from the world, wounded but humorous’

(Represents the grandfather leaving his outside world and receding into his own)
(Wounded depicts his previous work)

Question 3

After the Titanic (people)

Answer 3

‘I swear I sank as far that night as any hero’ - Mahon in Ismay’s persona
(Portrays Ismay’s nature - self pity and a victim)

Question 4

After the Titanic (place)

Answer 4

‘Now I hide in a lonely house behind the sea’
(The environment Ismay has decided to retreat to - loneliness and isolation)

Question 5

Kinsale (place)

Answer 5

‘a future forbidden to no one’
(An image of the prosperity and optimism future opportunities can present to anyone)

Question 6

Kinsale (place)

Answer 6

‘Our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay like racehorses’
(An image of excitement and optimism depicting the hope for the future)

Question 7

Antarctica (people)

Answer 7

‘I am just going outside and may be some time’
(Mahon as Oates outlining his bravery and the sacrifice he is about to make for his crew)
(Hope in the will of humanity to do good)

Question 8

Antarctica (place)

Answer 8

‘Frostbite is replaced by vertigo’
(Oates experience in the harsh landscape’

Question 9

Antarctica (place)

Answer 9

‘Goading his ghost in the howling snow’
(Threatening vivid image of Oates fighting with death in a harsh environment)