War of the Worlds: Fear Flashcards
became not a man -> child
Chapter 5 - The Heat Ray
‘Such an extraordinary effect in unmanning me it had that I ran weeping silently as a child might do’
- POWER OF MARTIANS, HUMAN NAIVEITY
- CONT: VICTORIAN GENDER ROLES
- simile ‘as a child ‘ - shows the fear presented
- ‘unmanning’ and ‘child’ - transported back in time, all experience and knowledge is gone
- same point accentuated by ‘might’ doesnt know anymore
Narrator
policeman in london
Fall of London
‘ a mounted policeman came galloping through the confusion with his hands clasped over his head, screaming’
- VICTORIAN SOCIETY, CHAOS
- ‘policeman’ contrasted to ‘screaming’ - shows breakdown of law and order as authority figure shows emotion/terror
- ‘hands clasped over his head’ - childish, makes him seem vulnerable, representative of chaos
Narrator’s Brother
dethroned
Book 2 Chapter 6
‘ a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel… the fear and empire of man had passed away’
- MARTIAN POWER
- ‘martian heel’ - like how a dog is on the heel of a human, dehumanising the humans
- ‘empire of man’ - LNK to empire over matter
- ‘dethronment’ - removal of a king for a new king, now a common subject shows that humans now understand their true value
narrator on the way to london
narrator reassuring his wife
Book 1 Chapter 7
‘ “A shell in the pit” said I,”if the worst comes to worst, will kill them all”’
- HUMAN ARROGANCE
- ‘worst comes to worst’ - saying humans will still be in control in the worst scenario
- ‘shell…will kill them all’ - human artillery is stronger than anything, human arrogance
- ‘will’ - no hesitation or doubt, straight belief
narrator reassuring his wife
dark common
Chapter 5 Heat Ray
‘It came to me that I was upon this dark common…helpless, unprotected and alone - came fear’
runs away from common after brutal heat ray attack
