the beast Flashcards
1
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beast quotes - beginning
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‘Snake-like’
‘We’ll Hunt it down’
2
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beast themes - beginning
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a tool for Jack’s rise to power
-> Jack uses fear of the beast to gain power by saying they will hunt it
3
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‘Snake-like’
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- in the bible, the serpent is a symbol of evil power and chaos
- in lotf the beast provokes extreme fear and paranoia within the boys
-> Jack uses this fear to rise to power
4
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‘We’ll Hunt it down’
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- Jack is using the fear of the beast to keep the hunters relevant to the life on the island
- by saying he’ll get rid of the beast, he is gaining support from the other boys
5
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beast quotes - middle
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“maybe its only us”
‘the picture of a human at once heroic and sick’
6
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“maybe its only us”
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- Simon knows the beast is actually the inherent evil inside of them
7
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‘the picture of a human at once heroic and sick’
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- this can be interpreted to symbolise Jack, who is heroic in his own mind but is sick because of his lust for power and control
- a depiction of Golding’s vision of humanity as flawed by inherit evil
