The Remains of the Day

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Decks in this class (18)

Dignity
Criterion for an applicant of a b...,
Being a butler to some is like a ...,
When you can take off your facade...
10  cards
Regret
He is only regretting all those m...,
Thought he had infinite time with...,
He is recognising that he is impa...
7  cards
Sexual Desire and Sexual Repression
The change in the atmosphere symb...,
The flowers symbolise miss k reac...,
Most emotionally charged moment i...
3  cards
Duty
Stevens prepares the staff plan a...,
His attempt to be dutiful to farr...,
Costume
8  cards
Miss Kenton and Steven's relationship
Miss k had a great affection for ...,
Stevens thinking about senior emp...,
Heartbreak for stevens
15  cards
Encounters with other characters
Mr s encounter with a local urges...,
The local people feel that they n...,
Dr c studying stevens recognising...
6  cards
Never Let Me Go
Memory plays an important role in...,
Critical quote about never let me...,
Straighten out k old memories so ...
6  cards
Steven's Father
He looks up to his father as the ...,
Formal relationship between him a...,
Prison cell mirror to stevens stu...
4  cards
Englishness / English Landscapes
Superiority of englishmen over ot...,
These words indicate that lord da...,
Mr smiths notion of englishness
7  cards
Context
Lord halifax,
Herr ribbentrop,
Stevens as an ideal colonial subject
28  cards
Banter
Mr farraday likes to banter,
Farraday teasing stevens about ke...,
Ld would never talk to an employe...
8  cards
Memory - unreliable Narration
The reader infers his feelings fr...,
First person narrative,
Definition of an unreliable narrator
5  cards
Symbols
Stevens father,
Ss father face,
Silhouette
9  cards
Lord Darlington
Gent,
Before the meeting,
Honourable values
8  cards
Society and Politics
Ss description of lewis,
The facts about the conference,
The conferences objectives
13  cards
Critics
Unreliable narration,
Social class,
Stevens being used
12  cards
Butlerhood/Butlerspeak- unreliable narration.
A quarterly for the gentlemans ge...,
Butlers only exist in england,
Stevens uses you to incorporate t...
11  cards
Journey - unreliable narration
When stevens feels a need to eras...,
Signals that ishiguro makes to th...,
Stevens defensive tone and the us...
12  cards

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