Assisi Flashcards
(28 cards)
The dwarf
Derogatory comment at beginning
Hands on backwards
Outwardly ugly
Twisted and deformed
Sat, slumped
No energy
Deflated
Like a half filled sack
Shapeless and unattractive- she’ll of a human being
Tiny twisted legs
Suggests discomfort
Sawdust might run
Reiterates sack imagery
Weak and lifeless
Outside
Isolated from church and society
Three tiers of chirches
Over the top nature of church
Honour of St Francis, brother of the poor, talker
Contrast to way beggar is treated now
Advantage of not being dead
Shows how little he has of that being his only positive
Yet
Potential death soon. Creates sympathy
A priest explained
Showing off cleverness rather than helping
How clever it was of giotto
Admiring artwork rather than word of god
The illiterate
Disparaging tone - looking down on people he should help
God and the suffering of his son
Reminds reader what priest should focus on
I understood the explanation
Critical of patronising nature of priest
The cleverness
Ambiguous:
Cleverness of giotto
Or Cleverness of priest commercialising the church
Rush
Shows numbers and speed of tourists - only to see sights
Lack of care
Clucking Contentedly
Comparing tourists to chickens
Fluttered
Lightweight - not thinking
Scattered the grain of the word
Paying attention to tourists and not beggar as St Francis would prefer
Passed
Ignore beggar
Ruined temple
Juxtaposition of something beautiful in something wasted
Wept pus
Back was higher than his head
Lopsided mouth
Descriptive language
Shows outward ugliness
