Assisi Flashcards
“Grazie in a voice as sweet as a child’s when she speaks to her mother or a bird’s when it spoke to St Francis.” Analyse
In contrast (was expected to have struggles with his speech but doesn’t)
he has a very sweet/gentle voice, high like a little girl’s -innocent- showing respect/love like a child would.
the beggar isn’t actually as bad/mean as he looks like, he has a big heart
Analyse “whose eyes wept pus, whose back was higher than his head, whose lopsided mouth”
all of these are visual images
“eyes wept pus” infection, looks like tears running down the face but yellow and smelly
“back higher than his head” shows that his spine is almost like the letter ‘C’ dehumanises him
“lopsided mouth” it’s expected to see some difficulty is speaking
Makes us feel even more sympathetic and sorry towards the beggar
What was the other quote listing the beggars deformities?
“whose eyes wept pus, whose back was higher than his head, whose lopsided mouth”
What technique was used in the “clucking contentedly…” quote?
“clucking contentedly”= Extended metaphor- suggests that the tourists are like chickens, following the priest blindly, listening/eating the ”grain of word”
This quote also want us to believe that the tourists are very gullible (believe whatever the priest says is true)
How where the tourists described as when following the priest
“clucking contentedly, fluttered after him as he scattered the grain of the Word”
Explain “A rush of tourists”
“A rush of” haste- shows carelessness of the tourist (stomping all over the place not looking at the one thing that needs help
The tourists are pretty quick at rushing after the priest (and all the history about the frescoes he is talking about)
“I understood the explanation and the cleverness” analyse
He is telling us that the priest is cleverly distracting the tourists- which leaves us with negative views on the priest
He is purposefully trying to ignore the beggar because he probably doesn’t know what to do to help them.
What did the priest understand? (Quote)
“I understood the explanation and the cleverness”
“suffering of His Son.” Analyse this quote
it’s ironic that God isn’t helping the beggar but is looking after everyone else
commenting on the waste of Jesus’ life if we don’t follow his teachings.
“.” Is caesura, it makes us stop and think about the beggar being closer to God than the priest is.
Themes: ironic, hypocrisy
What techniques where used in the “A priest explained…” quote?
Enjambment emphasised the non stop story telling of the priest and that he is keeping the tourists full attention
“Clever” and “frescoes tell stories” is patronising and imply the naiveness of the tourists
“A priest explained how”…. Finish the quote
“clever it was of Giotto to make his frescoes tell stories that would reveal to the illiterate”
“over whom he had the advantage of not being dead yet.” Is saying…
That the beggar isn’t yet dead but he doesn’t know how since he doesn’t look very healthy.
Wants us to think of how poorly the beggar is and that he needs immediate help (sympathetic)
Explain what “brother of the poor, talker with birds” means
The priest is patient and gentle with the poor and the animals
“brother” metaphor- shows closeness of him with the poor and animal
irony- the priest is the poor, and the church isn’t helping him either
The priest is very gentle and caring (selfless)
How is the priest described as?
“Brother of the poor, talker with birds”
What did the priest do “outside”?
Specifically distracting all the tourists from the beggar
