Quotations for Paper 2 Flashcards
Equus
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When Written: 1973
* Where Written: England
* When Published: 1973
* Literary Period: Modern
* Genre: Drama
* Setting: The present. Most of the action takes place in Rokesby
Psychiatric Hospital in southern England.
* Climax: Alan Strang is unable to have sex with Jill Mason, and
blinds the horses in Harry Dalton’s stable
* Point of View: Martin Dysart
Metamorphosis
When Written: Over a three-week period in 1912
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When Written: 1912
* Where Written: Prague
* When Published: 1915
* Literary Period:World War I
* Genre: Existentialism/Absurdism/Modernism
* Setting: An apartment in an unnamed European city
* Climax: During Grete’s violin concert for the boarders,
Gregor emerges from his room
* Antagonist: Grete, Gregor’s father, and the lodgers can all
be seen as antagonists at different moments, but Gregor’s
greatest enemy is his own changed body and personality.
* Point of View: Third person, limited to Gregor’s point of
view with some exceptions
White tiger
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- When Written: 2005-2008
- Where Written: USA and India
- When Published: 2008
- Literary Period: Contemporary
- Genre: Novel
- Setting: Modern day India
- Climax: The White Tiger does not strictly conform to a linear,
chronological format, as Balram’s narration jumps constantly
between different periods of his life. However, the novel is
loosely structured around Balram’s murder of his master Mr.
Ashok. - Antagonist: While Balram’s master Ashok may be his most
obvious antagonist, Balram perceives many characters in the
novel to be his enemies. These characters include his own
family members, particularly his grandmother Kusum, as well
as Ashok’s family: the Stork, Mukesh Sir, and Pinky Madam.
Finally, his fellow servants in the Stork’s household, Ram
Bahadur and Ram Persad, are also briefly his antagonists. - Point of View: The White Tiger is the first-person narrative of
Balram Halwai’s life.
Greta Samsa
Gregor’s beloved 17-year-old sister. After the
transformation, Grete takes care of Gregor, cleaning his room
and bringing him food, at first with great kindness and
attention, and then, after some months, quickly and carelessly.
She takes on a job as a salesgirl to help support the family.
Despite all her helpfulness to Gregor and his deep love of her,
after the violin concert fiasco, she is the first to demand that he
go.
White tiger historical context
The White Tiger takes place in modern day India, but Balram
traces the socioeconomic inequality with which he struggles
back to 1947: the year India gained its independence from
Britain through the Indian Independence Act. The act made
India independent, which quickly led to race riots between
Muslim and Hindu Indians, and the establishment of Muslim
Pakistan as a separate independent state. In the 1960s, shortly
after gaining their independence, Indians abolished the Caste
System, which had rigidly enforced the social role of all Indians
under British Rule and for thousands of years before that.
Balram believes that the disorganization and chaos following
the end of the caste system has contributed to even more
extreme inequality. The action of The White Tiger takes place in
economically flourishing modern India. After approaching
bankruptcy in 1991, the Indian government received a major
loan from the International Monetary Fund and began a
program of economic liberalization, resulting in a high rate of
economic growth and foreign investment that continues to this
day. Unfortunately, the economic boom has also drastically
increased income inequality.
WT quotes Balram transforming and leaving the rooster coop
In any jungle, what
is the rarest of animals—the creature that comes along only
once in a generation?”
“The white tiger.”
“That’s what you are, in this jungle.”
“I absorbed everything—that’s the amazing thing about
entrepreneurs. We are like sponges—we absorb and grow.
” I was growing a belly at last
“my soul had darkened”
WT symbols
Rooster coop
White tiger
Black fort
Uniforms
WT quotes on the rooster coop
“They remain slaves because they can’t see what is
beautiful in this world.”
“The greatest thing to come out of this country… is the
Rooster Coop. The roosters in the coop smell the blood from
above. They see the organs of their brothers…They know
they’re next. Yet they do not rebel.”
“The Rooster Coop was doing its work. Servants have to
keep other servants from becoming innovators, experimenters, or entrepreneurs. Yes, that’s the sad truth, Mr. Premier. The coop is guarded from the inside.”
“to exist in perpetual servitude”
WT quotes about light and darkness
“I have switched sides”
“it has darkened my soul”
“I am in the light now”
WT quotes about social class
I was growing a belly at last”
“half-baked. My caste.
“those in the car don’t have to breathe the outside air”
“we weren’t allowed inside the mall, of course”
These days, there are just two
castes: Men with Big Bellies, and Men with Small Bellies. And
only two destinies: eat—or get eaten up.”
WT quotes on corruption
“We’re driving past Ghandi, after just having given a bribe
to a minister. It’s a fucking joke, isn’t it.”
“the schoolteacher had stolen our lunch money” with “a legitimate excuse”. “he
hadn’t been paid his salary in six months”
“no-one blamed the schoolteacher” “even proud of him”
“I am Indias most loyal voter yet have not voted once”
EQUUS quotes on Alan’s abnormality
“most people are going to be disgusted by the whole thing”
“One more dented face. One more adolescent freak. The usual unusual. One great thing about being in the adjustment business: you’re never short of customers.”
Nurse: “you’ll have a much better time of it here, you know, if you behave yourself.”
Alan: “Fuck off.”
“he’s always been a weird lad.”
“They’ve always been as thick as thieves.”
“Bloody religion – it’s our only real problem in this house.”
“a loony”
“I bet all cowboys are orphans”
“a normal life”
“That’s a dirty word in here, isn’t it, ‘parent’?”
“that boy has known a passion more ferocious than I have felt in any second of my
life.”
“I’m going to make you well, I promise you.”
Themes in Equus
Passion
Religion and worship
Sex and sexuality
Modern society and normality
Psychiatry, repression and madness
Themes in WT
Famiily
Social breakdown, corruption, self intrest
Education
Money
Self made man
Symbolism in Equus
Hoof pick
Horses
