setting Flashcards
top setting points (7)
- mountain
- platform
- forest
- castle rock
- Simons glade
- time
- final scene
mountain in 3 words
hope, civilisation, lookout
mountain quote on fear of the beast
“Something like a great ape”
mountain quote on rescue and hope
“We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire.”
“We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire.” - analysis
- importance of a signal fire and the need to return to civilisation
- increase visibility (ralph)
- ingenuity connection to civilisation + commitment
- optimism-> rescue -> savagery + chaos + conflict
“Something like a great ape”
- zoomorphism and primitive
- terror and evil is withing
platform in 3 words
order, civilisation, conch
platform quote
” square motif of landscape, a great platform of pink granite “
” square motif of landscape, a great platform of pink granite “
- stability and authority = leadership.
- boys’ initial attempts to build a structured society amid the untamed wilderness of the island.
- no more platform to show the dissent into savagery
- ralphs safety
lagoon in 3 words
safety and calm and escape
lagoon quote
the water was warmer than his blood and he might have been swimming in a huge bath
the water was warmer than his blood and he might have been swimming in a huge bath
- contrast between happy and calm lagoon and dark ominous forest
- when piggy die in body of water lagoon abandoned as civilisation and safety decreases
forest in 3 words
dense, dark, resourceful
forest quote
the creepers had woven a great mat that hung at the side of an open space in the jungle.
the creepers had woven a great mat that hung at the side of an open space in the jungle.
- violence and primal behaviour and wildness
- inherent darkens of human nature always there but just background never really seen
- unknown due to the beast
- piggy fear
castle rock 3 words
power, leadership, end of civilisation
- home of jack’s tribe and his wild part + piggy’s death
- fort like structur - show his way of leadership
Simons clearing 3 words
quiet, hidden, spiritual: inner truth, prophesies, death, moral
Simon clearing quote
“walled with dark aromatic bushes,” secluded, mystical environment.
- “sight of the lord of the flies”
- introspective nature clarity and insight vs boys’ descent into savagery. = refuge from the darkness and chaos
sun 3 words
oppressive, punishing, limited
sun quotes
- ” sun in the west has a drop of burning gold”
- Simon -> thunderstorm
- ” heat hit him he felt dizzy and he said ouch”
- ” laying golden fingers on the sea
setting at the
beg - idyllic
mid - fire and threat = happy to savage
end - fire destroy island does not rescue (ironic) rescue at price of island
- nature isnt evil
- isolation = true personalities
- microcosm
- contrast to war - boys scruffy and officer in suite
