Sof - Fear/Unknown

Question 1

What key points would you put in your intro?

Answer 1

• Dehumanising foreigner characters with animals
• Tonga is the personification of evil
• Continuing fear of underclass - Small is victim - Strengthens dichotomy between Br and In
• Doyle pairs forgiveness with villainy

Question 2

What is paragraph 1 about?

Answer 2

Pairing forgiveness with villainy, hellish descriptions + zoomorphing foreign characters

Question 3

What quotes would you use in paragraph 1?

Answer 3

"Bounding like a tiger"
"Black devils" + "perfect hell"
"like a swarm of bees"
"Yells and howls of rebels"
"Infested with cannibal natives"

Question 4

What AO3 would you put into paragraph 1?

Answer 4

The collective grouping of foreigners into a “swarm” or an “infestation” reinforces Victorian attitudes, which were usually ignorant and mis-informed, often failing to distinguish between various cultures

Question 5

What is paragraph 2 about?

Answer 5

Presentation of Tonga as the personification of evil. Watson as narrative bridge allows Doyle to convey his racist views which are strengthened by Watson’s fear

Question 6

What quotes would you use in paragraph 2?

Answer 6

“huddled bundle” “savage, distorted creature”
“eyes glowed and burned with sombre light”
“as venomous as a young snake”

Question 7

What is paragraph 3 about?

Answer 7

Fear of the lower classes - Revealing of Small as true victim strengthens dichotomy between Br and In

Question 8

What quotes would you use in paragraph 3?

Answer 8

“oasis of art in the howling desert” Sholto shutting himself out from the world - fear of unknown
“wooden-legged friend”
“disreputable little scarecrow” + “little street Arabs”

Question 9

What key points would you put in your conclusion?

Answer 9

Doyle presents various levels of unknown

The ultimate empathy created for Small, however, serves to emphasise Victorian ignorance and fear of foreignness