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English Literature : Lord of the Flies > Nature > Flashcards

Nature Flashcards

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1
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initially, nature is presented…

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through the destruction caused by the plane crash

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2
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finish the quote: ‘all around him the long….

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….scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’

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‘all around him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’

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  • the sibilance of ‘scar smashed’ is almost onomatopoeic - the reader can hear the sounds of the violent crash, with the metaphor ‘scar’ alluding to the wounds mankind inflicts upon nature
  • a sense of being overwhelmed and oppressed are evident from the beginning of the novel
  • ‘jungle’ has associations with future savagery, but also a sense of being trapped in an overgrown environment
  • pathetic fallacy - ‘bath of heat’ -> creates a sense of being submerged in something overwhelming
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finish the quote: ‘torn everywhere…

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…by the upheavals of fallen trees, scattered with decaying coconuts and palm saplings’

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5
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initially, nature is presented…

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as Edenic

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6
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finish the quote: ‘the shimmering…

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…water’

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7
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finish the quote: ‘blue of all shades…

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…and shadowy green and purple’

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8
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finish the quote: ‘tiny,

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….glittering fish’

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9
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finish the quote: ‘the incredible…

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…pool’

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10
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initially, nature is presented…

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through simon’s place of refuge

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11
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finish the quote: ‘flower and fruit…

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…grew together on the same tree’

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12
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finish the quote: ‘and everywhere…

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…was the scent of ripeness and the booming of a million bees at pasture’

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‘flower and fruit grew together on the same tree’
‘and everywhere was the scent of ripeness and the booming of a million bees at pasture’

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  • nature working in perfect harmony
  • ‘fruit and flower’ and ‘same tree’ -> pleasant unity
  • example of perfect life on the island
  • ‘booming of a million bees at pasture’ -> symbolic of how the boys should work - together
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finish the quote: ‘the creepers had woven a great mat….

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…that hung at the side of an open space in the jungle’

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finish the quote: ‘the whole space…

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..was walled with dark aromatic bushes’

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16
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finish the quote: ‘butterflies that danced…

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…round each other in the hot air’

17
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throughout the course of the novel, nature is presented…

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as the home of the beast

18
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finish the quote: ‘fighting with things…

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…those twisty things in the trees’

19
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finish the quote: ‘i saw something moving among…

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…the trees, something big and horrid’

20
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throughout the course of the novel, nature is presented…
(ch.8)

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as threatening

21
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finish the quote: ‘beyond the screen of leaves…

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…the sunlight pelted down’

22
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finish the quote: ‘the butterflies danced in the middle…

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…their unending dance’

23
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‘the butterflies danced in the middle their unending dance’

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  • mimetic of the boys dancing and gathering round in a circle when hunting a pig and killing
  • butterflies are symbolic of change -> the butterflies used to be linked to spirituality and the bucolic atmosphere and serenity -> however now linked to savagery
  • like the boys
  • shows the boys’ decline into savagery
  • ‘unending dance’ -> foreshadows deaths - simon and piggy
24
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finish the quote: ‘the arrow of…

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…sun fell on him’

25
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finish the quote: ‘now it…

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…threatened’

26
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finish the quote: ‘he shifted restlessly…

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…but there was no avoiding the sun’

27
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throughout the end of the novel, nature is presented…
(ch.9)

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as ominous through the weather

28
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finish the quote: ‘over the island…

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…a build-up of clouds continued’

29
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finish the quote: ‘a steady current of heated…

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…air rose all day from the mountain’

30
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finish the quote: ‘revolving masses of gas piled up the static…

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…until the air was ready to explode’

31
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‘over the island a build-up of clouds continued’
‘a steady current of heated air rose all day from the mountain’
‘revolving masses of gas piled up the static until the air was ready to explode’

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  • sense of impending destruction
  • what was once a beautiful paradise, is now adding to the savagery below
  • ‘build-up’ and ‘piled up’ -> mimics tension on the island
  • ‘clouds’ and ‘revolving masses of gas’ -> both images of the island becoming trapped and enclosed by violent, destructive forces
32
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finish the quote: ‘then the clouds opened…

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…and let down the rain like a waterfall’

33
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throughout the end of the novel, nature is presented…

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through the aftermath of the death of simon

34
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finish the quote: ‘the rain ceased…

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…and the clouds drifted away’

35
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finish the quote: ‘the air was…

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…cool, moist, and clear; and presently even the sound of water was still’

36
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finish the quote: ‘the clear water…

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…mirrored the clear sky’

English Literature : Lord of the Flies (33 decks)

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