savagery Flashcards
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savagery quotes - beginning
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‘darkness poured out’
‘kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood’
2
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‘darkness poured out’
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- ‘darkness’ is used to illustrate the wickedness or evil that man can create
- humanity can do sickening acts, and may not recognise it until its too late
- Golding reveals the vileness or darkness of mans heart through various incidents and characters
- the darkness manipulates the boys minds and causes chaos and unrest
- darkness is the founder of the beast, who is a manifest of the boys fears
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‘kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood’
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- savagery
- boys are starting to become the beast, less civilised
- detail in killing the beast is brutal and raw
-> emphasises the beast they are starting to become - dangerous foreshadowing -> they enjoy killing the beast -> rather than needing it for food they take on a ritualistic connotation which binds the boys together with bonds of blood and common endeavour
4
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savagery quotes - middle
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‘what are we? humans? or animals? or savages?’
‘things are breaking up’
5
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‘what are we? humans? or animals? or savages?’
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- piggy realises the boys are becoming less civilised and more like savages
- island is degenerating into anarchy
6
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‘things are breaking up’
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- the start of the descent into savagery
7
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savagery quotes - end
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‘I’m frightened. Of us’
‘the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist’
‘Ralph wept for the end of innocence’
8
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‘I’m frightened. Of us’
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- 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
9
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‘the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist’
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- throughout the book the conch represented civilisation
- the conch got destroyed with Piggy’s death -> civilisation died with piggy
10
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‘Ralph wept for the end of innocence’
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- 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
