Ralph Flashcards
1
Q
Ralph quotes - beginning
A
‘eyes that proclaimed no devil’
2
Q
‘eyes that proclaimed no devil’
A
- ‘proclaimed no devil’ -> religious connotations of innocence + innate goodness
- ‘proclaimed no devil’ has two meanings -> suggests he is a good soul but also suggests he may be boring or no fun
- eyes are often seen as the windows to the soul -> his eyes proclaimed no devil, meaning his soul is naturally good
3
Q
Ralph quotes - middle
A
‘I’m frightened. Of us’
‘that was murder’
4
Q
‘I’m frightened. Of us’
A
- he realises that it was the savagery inside them that killed Simon
- his realisation of the savagery they are now capable of frightens him
- what could happen from now is particularly hideous considering they have deliberately murdered their own
5
Q
‘that was murder’
A
- by using lawful terminology to refer to what the boys have done, Ralph snaps the boys out their frenzied fantasy back to the brutal reality of their actions
6
Q
Ralph quotes - end
A
‘Ralph wept for the end of innocence’
‘darkness of mans heart’
7
Q
‘Ralph wept for the end of innocence’
A
- Ralph realises he will never be the same
- he lost his innocence and learnt about the innate evil that lurks within all humans
- innocence and childhood have been robbed from him
- he has experience true darkness of mans heart first hand and recognises it for himself
8
Q
Ralph weeps for the ‘darkness of mans heart’
A
- Golding wrote this at the same time he heard about Nazi concentration camps and Hiroshima
- acknowledging the presence of savage instincts lurking in all humans
