Quote 20: “meagre, scowling, wolfish” Flashcards

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“______, scowling, _____”

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“meagre, scowling, wolfish”

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who said it and when? who did they say it to? what is it about?

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Description of Ignorance and Want in Stave Three.

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5 key features:

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  • archetypes of destitute. society’s most neglected.
  • asyndetic list: seemingly endless description in reference to the seemingly endless suffering they endure
  • “meagre”- malnourished as they are only-in a figurative sense- fed society’s complications. in conjunction, due to size, they are insignificant to rich
  • animalistic language- “wolfish”: viewed as aggressive by rich which juxtaposes with their incapacitated nature
  • zoomorphism: poverty has removed their humanity
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