The Explorer’s Daughter Flashcards
‘but always slowly, methodically passing each other by.’
tranquil/beautiful; emphasised by adverbs; use of longer words/use of commas reflect movement of whales; contrast, as humans are described as fast and ‘scrambling’
‘catching the light in a spectral play of colour’
references to colour and light to emphasise beauty; use of words that have connotations to playfulness
‘pods’, ‘fjord’
use of jargon shoes she is actually very knowledgeable
‘butter-gold, glinting off’
imagery to create sense of warmth/softness
‘soft billows of smoke’
s alliteration adds to the softness of the mood
‘the narwhal … is an essential contributor to the survival of the hunters’
ellipses creates sense of foreshadowing/mystery; very factual/lacking emotion
‘rich in necessary minerals’
shows how narwhals have been turned from magical to a resource
‘woman focussing on her husband’
-passive role of women in society is emphasised
‘It was like watching a vast waterborne game’
use of simile to compare hunt to a game which gives connotations of fun, but also danger
‘my heart leapt for both hunter and narwhal’
the metaphor emphasises her strong contrasting feelings/emotions
‘to dive, to leave, to survive’
triad to emphasise desperation for narwhal to survive; shows dual response of the writer
‘hunting is still an absolute necessity in Thule’
declaratory sentence shows food supply is limited and creates sympathy for hunters; short to convey her point clearly
‘dead of winter’
metaphor reminds reader that conditions are dangerous and introduces the significance of narwhals and how hunting them is an act of survival
