Vertigo Para 1

Question 1

PARA 1: Topic sentence

Answer 1

The desire to seek out new landscapes and environments is often shaped by a pursuit for happiness and an escape from the challenges and struggles of the quotidian.

Question 2

PARA 1: TVAVA 1

Answer 2

Exploring the tensions between Anna and Luke’s external and internal world, Lohey paints their environment as “Outside the rain was hurtling down; inside they were breathing mold and damp.” The use of bleak imagery portrays their disillusionment with the city lifestyle whilst cultivating their sense of isolation and despair. In additon, crafting a pathetic fallacy which reflects the incarcerating nature of their landscape and … human experiences

Question 3

PARA 1: TVAVA 2

Answer 3

Furthermore, the relentless nature of the city lifestyle drained the couple’s emotional and physical condition. This is evident through “once out on the open road they felt free again”, hence, metaphorically demonstrates the destructive persona of the ‘invisible vampire’ that has encroached on their spiritual and emotional condition, suggesting … Whilst bleakness of urban life -> emotional barriers

Question 4

PARA 1: TVAVA 3

Answer 4

Additionally, the couple’s underlying grief corresponds with the ‘pilgrimage’ to Garra Nalla, where their house is their metaphorical ‘kingdom’ and the environment is a place where ‘they could live, and simply be’. Therefore it reveals the shift in landscape has provided a liberating, transformative and catharsis feeling which they so desperately sought.

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However, Garra Narra serves as a facade -> further complexities ->individually address their shared trauma and grief