The Ballad of Reading Gaol Flashcards
1
Q
plot
A
woodridge murdred his wife and sentanced to death, lives his life in prison wistfully, widle and other men are jelous of his attitutude, in the second section he is hanged, accepts death bravely
2
Q
crime and victim
blood and wine
A
crime of passion, bed, emotional
3
Q
crime and victim
the poor dead woman whom he loved/ and murdered in her bed
A
poor - victims are to be sympathised with
murder linked to love as they rhyme
4
Q
crime and victim
the thing with a sword
A
wooderidge was drunk, not brave
compare his act to the way he is hanged, criminal jusrice system
