English Essay- A Hanging Flashcards
a sickly yellow light like yellow tinfoil
Plunges the reader into a somber mood, sickly has connotations of illness and un pleasantness describes how prisoners and author are feeling
Bleak gruelling atmosphere simile used with tinfoil
Like small animal cages
Bleak simile, compared the conditions that the prisoners face, inhumane conditions, shows prisoners not treated like other people but as lesser beings, degrading conditions they face everyday in the prison, sets the mood in the place for what’s about to come vivid description
He stood unresisting
6 tall Indian warmers
Contrasting description of prisoner and warders, unnecessary precautions taken, also shows prisoners acceptance of his death lack of will,
Shows us prison is a cruel place where many people suffer
It came bounding among us with a loud volley of barks, and leapt round us wagging its whole body
Stark contrast and tone change from what we were used too up until that point, light hearted tone throws reader off guard
It had made a dash for the prisoner and jumping up tried to lick his face
Shows dog sees prisoner as an equal and not for the crime he committed, complete tone change effective
The dead Man was a hundred yards away
Shirt but eerie reminder of the horrors Orwell had witnessed
We all had a drink together native and European alike
Light hearted moment in the essay contrast to what happened before reminds capital punishment is wrong and morally degrading
Who let that bloody brute in here?
Quote is effective as it is ironic they are really the brutes as they are ending another human beings life in a barbaric way
He stepped slightly to avoid a puddle
This small incident allows Orwell to experience something, he appreciates just how wrong it is to end another human beings life, forced to wear a mask throughout the ritual stops him from speaking out
