theme of fear Flashcards
How is the fear of the ‘other’ shown?
- ‘savage distorted creature’
- ‘deeply marked with bestiality and cruelty’
- ‘half animal fury’
Tonga is beneath less than human and is dangerous- shows Victorians’ Eurocentric/racist views that foreigners are inferior to them
How is the fear of the underclass shown?
- ‘I have a natural shrinking from all forms of rough materialism. ‘
- ‘I seldom come in contact with the rough crowd.’
Thaddeus embodies the fear of mixing with uncivilised people so he separates himself from other classes and surrounds himself with art
Shown by juxtaposition of his home to suburban London:
‘as out of place as a diamond of the first water in a setting of brass’
brass is an allow- mixture
How is the fear of discovery shown?
Greed leaves Sholto in a permanent state of fear- self imposed house arrest- juxtaposition to being rich and living lavishly
‘He always employed two prize-fighters to act as porters at Pondicherry Lodge’
How is the fear of social inequality shown?
‘Thank God!’, I ejaculated from my very heart’
ejaculated suggests relief and release of worry- no more ‘golden barrier’ between Watson & Mary
he can finally show that there is no ulterior motive in his feelings and is honourable
