Scottish text Edwin Morgan-Quotes

Question 1

In the Snack Bar

Quote to show that society is ignoring the disabled/elderly

Answer 1

• “A few heads turn”
• “No one sees his face”
• “Dear Christ, to be born for this!”

Question 2

In the Snack Bar

Inversion to emphasize speed

Answer 2

“Slowly he levers himself up”

Question 3

In the Snack Bar

transferred epithet

Answer 3

“The dismal hump”

Question 4

In the Snack Bar

The old man is ashamed/embarrassed of his disability. Not confident

Answer 4

“forces his head down”
“the face not seen”
“I want - to go to the - toilet”

Question 5

In the Snack Bar

Describe the old mans disability

Answer 5

• “Long blind, hunchback born, half paralyzed”

- “shambles”

Question 6

In the Snack Bar

Dehumanizes the old man

Answer 6

“like a monstrous animal caught in a tent”

Question 7

Hyena

Theme of death/evil

Answer 7

• “I am waiting for you”
• “I eat the dead”
• “I am the slave of darkness”
• “I have a crowd of fangs”
• “for the fight to the death to be fought to the death”

Question 8

Hyena

metaphor for dead body

Answer 8

“broken drum”

Question 9

Hyena

Arrogance

Answer 9

“i have a rough coat like Africa”

Question 10

Trio

Theme of happiness

Answer 10

• “laughter ringing them”
• “The vale of tears is powerless”
• ” fate, it abdicates”

Question 11

Trio

Realism

Answer 11

“Buchanan Street”

Question 12

Trio

Joy and exclamation

Answer 12

“Orphean sprig! Melting baby! Warm chihuahua!

Question 13

Good Friday

Theme rejecting lower social classes

Answer 13

“You’re an educatit man”
“the working man has nae education”
“ye understand - ye understand?”

Question 14

Good Friday

Realism

Answer 14

“Bath street”

Question 15

Good Friday

the working man is trying to be kind

Answer 15

“Easter eggs for the kiddies”

Question 16

Good Friday

Ending structure

Answer 16

“very

• ——-nearly
• —————-steady
• ————————-legs”

Question 17

Good Friday

Redemption

Answer 17

“into the sun”

Question 18

Winter

Theme death/sadness/depressing

Answer 18

"many a summer dies"
"stark scene"
"warring air"
"decay"
"fades"
"goes"
"a ghost"

Question 19

Winter

Realism

Answer 19

“Bingham’s pond”

Question 20

Winter

Depressing beliefs

Answer 20

“ice that sees nothing and that nothing sees” (Nihilism)

Question 21

Winter

Personification

Answer 21

“fog drives monstrous”

Question 22

Slate

Present tense

Answer 22

“There is no beginning”

Question 23

Slate

Personification

Answer 23

“seas plunder”
“rough back”
“Their heels”
“shouldered off”

Question 24

Slate

Sound effects

Answer 24

Assonance - “sorry glory”
“laughed as Staffa”
“much but thunder”

Alliteration - “streak,surely strike, seldom stroke”

Question 25

Slate

Nature

Answer 25

“volcanic fires”

“long seas plunder”