Setting Flashcards
1
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Golding’s intentions through the setting
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Uses the island to explore inherent darkness and the fragility of civilisation
Uses nature to mirror human nature - capacity for both beauty and darkness within society
2
Q
How is the island presented…
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- Initially perceived as a Paradise Island
- The role nature plays in the boys descent into savagery
- The impact of chaos on nature
3
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‘Fledged with plam trees’
Chapter 1
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- Personification makes the trees seem lively and dynamic
- ‘Fledge’ has connotations of freedom
4
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‘The hunter’s savagery was like the darkness of the forest’
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- Similie connects the boys instincts to darkness
- imagery of darkness being eternal
- darkness - evil, sense of unknown, danger
5
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‘Clouds upened and let down the rain like a waterfall’
Chapter 9
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- Pathetic Fallacy foreshadows danger
- Similie of ‘waterfall’ = beauty or danger
- Rain can evoke confusion and chaos
6
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‘Burning wreckage’
Chapter 12
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- Loss of innocence
- Consequence of savagery
- triumph of savagery over civilisation
- paradise detroyed
7
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What does the Jungle symbolise
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- Represents nature and the wild
- The hunting shows the boys growing obsession with violence
- The threatening atmosphere - the boys fear the ‘beast’
- Dark and mysterious - sense of unknown
8
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What does the beach symbolise
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- Open, light space connected to civilisation
- Place of democratic values - assemblies are held here using the conch
- Represents the boys early attempts at democracy
9
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Significance of the Mountain
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- Link to civilisation - fire for rescue
- Sam n’Eric see the beast
- Simon discovers the truth about the beast
10
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Significance of the Lagoon
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- Symbol of peace and comfort
- Playful setting were the boys swim
- Represents freedom and innocnece
11
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Significance of Castle Rock
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- Jack takes over and claims it as his territory - reflects the divide on the island
- Symbolic of power and fear
- Piggy death - represents the end of civilisation and the complete transition into savagery
