atonement Flashcards
(22 cards)
atonement, type of text
-his thoughts …. …… ……
-his thoughts warmed the water
atonement, type of text
-there was a ……., but there were also …….
-there was a crime, but there were also lovers
atonement, justice
-“How can a …… achieve ……”
“How can a novelist achieve atonement?”
atonement, justice
-“I gave them………”
-“I gave them happiness”
atonement, comment on society
-“They knew that the ……. were ………”
-“They knew that the newspapers were momentous.”
atonement comment on society
-“It was a ……. face but his ……. was …….”
-“It was a cruel face but his manner was pleasant.”
atonement plotting
-………… …… her
-“closely watching her”
atonement plotting
-“He’s a …….. maniac”
-“he’s a sex maniac”
type of text
-“a world could be made in ….. …..”
-“a world could be made in five pages.”
importance of writing
-“the world, not one she could make, but the one that …. …. …”
-“the world, not one she could make but the one that had made her.”
criminals, guilt
-“It was wrong to ….. ….. ….., but it was right to know …….”
-“It was wrong to open people’s letters, but it was right to know everything.”
victims, nature of criminals
-“This would not be the first time (Cecilia) had …….. Briony from self-……..”
-“This would not be the first time (Cecilia) had rescued Briony from self-destruction.”
- nature of criminal, guilt and remorse
- “she was entering an arena of …… ……”
-“she was entering an arena of adult emotion.”
nature of criminal
-“….. …..’ he said softly. ‘You’ve got to ….. ….’”
-“‘Bite it’, he said softly. ‘You’ve got to bite it.”
moral purpose
-“Poor darling Briony, the …… little thing.”
-“Poor darling Briony, the softest little thing.”
structural patterning
-“she did not doubt that her sister was in some way ……. and would need ….. …..”
-“she did not doubt that her sister was in some way threatened and would need her help.”
- love, victims
- “it was a feeling as pure as …..”
-“it was a feeling as pure as love.”
- nature of criminals, moral ambiguity
- “marched into a ……. of her own construction.”
-“marched into a labyrinth of her own construction.”
setting
-“any ……., could not conceal the ……….. of the Tallis household.”
-“any light, could not conceal the ugliness of the Tallis household.”
power of writing ‘it wasn’t only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy…..
it was confusion and misunderstanding’
power of writing, guilt “she was ginger-haired and freckled, which made Briony …….. …..”
she was ginger haired and freckled, which made Briony automatically wary
guilt, creation of criminal “she could hardly feel …… …. ……..”
“she could hardly feel sorry for herself”
