quotes, techniques, meanings Flashcards
“everyone belongs to everyone else”
recurring motif of confinement: confines love to be purely sexual - this is HEDONISTIC as no one can become jealous or possessive of anyone; removes possibility of confrontation & negative emotions that arise from intense romantic attachment
parallelism: emphasises the equality & uniformity of belonging
irony: ironic as this phrase can be used to critique the BNW society that enforces conformity & collectivism - highlights the loss of individuality & personal freedom
“if one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely”
antithesis: the more standard the characters look, the more easily they can conform & socialise - equating to popularity & happiness
contrast: “different” & “lonely”
“i want to know what passion is… i want to feel something strongly”
emotive language: “passion” & “strongly” - they evoke strong emotions & desire
personal voice: Bernard expresses his dissatisfaction w/ personal voice
contrast: Bernard wants strong emotions, whereas John & Helmholtz want to find truth & beauty
“a gramme is better than a damn”
dogma: phrases created by idioms
idiom: wqjrdf;hiuto
aphorism: states the general perspective of W.S. members values & desires
PRIORTISES THE COMMUNITY OVER THE INDIVIDUAL
“but i don’t want comfort. I want God, i want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, i want goodness. i want sin”
enumeration: John lists his desires - they create a sense of desperation & emphasises the importance of each item to John’s cry
juxtaposition: “Goodness” & “sin” in the same phrase juxtaposes moral opposites & suggests how John wants the full human experience & the emotions that follow it
symbolism: “God”, “poetry”, “real danger”, “freedom” & “sin” are symbolic as they represent the different facets of the human experience & John’s desire for authenticity
“one believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them”
causality: the causality of Mond’s phrase implies the relationship between conditioning & belief & that BNW citizens beliefs are shaped by external factors rather than independent thought
“But that’s the price we have to pay for stability. you’ve got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art”
allusion: to shakespeare
contrast: “stability” & “happiness” in contrast to “high art” highlights the idea that a trade/sacrifice must be made
irony: ironic as Huxley’s belief is IF MAN LOSES ART & CULTURE, HE BECOMES SOMETHING LESS THAN HUMAN whereas Mond’s belief is that SOMETHING MUST BE SACRIFICED FOR HAPPINESSS
“but in the intervals i still like him”
foreshadowing: foreshadows later events with John & Lenina’s ‘confession’ scene
contrast: the use of “but” contrasts her different ideas - she takes soma to forget her feelings for John yet still likes him
“Straight from the horse’s mouth”
animal imagery: BNW has rampant animal imagery - Huxley’s message; THE ‘NEW WORLD’ HAS DEHUMANISED ITS CITIZENS SO MUCH THAT THEY RESEMBLE LITTLE MORE THAN ANIMALS
motif: this appears numerously in BNW
irony: the irony is that ‘civilisation’ should seek to elevate man, to make him less primitive & to put distance between him & other creatures of the world. ppl of W.S. are like pets –> controllable
“[…] stability isn’t as nearly as spectacular as instability”
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rhetorical emphasis: “stability” & “instability” & their differences
