The Manhunt Flashcards
1
Q
“After passionate nights and intimate days”
A
- Oxymoron ‘night and day’, strong fulfilled relationships
- ‘after’ suggest their loving reunion is short lived – due to war
2
Q
“Only then…let me”
A
- Anaphora ‘let me’ implies requirement of permission to tend to Eddie, tension in relationship
- Eddie is tentative and reluctant – criticism of widescale effects of war
- Lacked intimacy for so long,fraiglity
3
Q
“Trace the frozen river which ran through his face”
A
- Ostensibly symbolic of facial scars, deeper meaning refer to Eddie emotions
- ‘frozen’ cant move freely, emotionally wounded as battles with PTSD
- ‘frozen’ tears, inability to express emotion from societal masculine expectations
- Armitage stresses vital for validating masculine outlets of emotion
- Ice can break, one step cost relationship
4
Q
“Explore blown hinge”
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- First introduction to violent imagery, suggests fragility, pain broken war left him
- 3rd stanza, not 1 she did not comprehend extent of wounds – most go unnoticed - struggles of war
5
Q
“fractured rudder of shoulder”
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- ‘rudder’ steers ship, his inability to navigate through life – lost sense of purpose upon fighting in war
- Armitage stresses desperate need to improve mental health provision - whom reintegration ishard
6
Q
“Foetus of metal”
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- Extended metaphor, juxtaposition vulnerability and violence of war
- War infantilised him, Laura must look after him – unable to function
7
Q
“Unexploded mine buried deep in mind”
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- PTSD comparable to mine, unstable and unpredictable – need fr caution and care
- She is vulnerable, has to be tentative known to outburst from ‘unexploded mine’
- Laura on front line, displaying effects of war….. then only did I come close
