The manhunt Flashcards
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Key quotes for the manhunt
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-‘porcelain’ ‘silk’
-‘broken ribs
-unexploded mine’
‘only then did I come close’ - journey through his pain and healing
2
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Significance of the title Manhunt
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The title ‘The manhunt suggests a chase or searching for something’
3
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Context Manhunt
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-Told from the perspective of a soldier’s wife - post traumatic stress of war
4
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Structure of The manhunt
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-poem is in couplets to show the harmony of relationship before war, slowly falls showing disjointed nature of relationship
5
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Themes and links the manhunt
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War and suffering - Mametz wood, A wife in London, dulce et decorum est
Love- Cozy apologia and a Wife in London
6
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Who wrote the Manhunt
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Simon Armitage
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