The Beast

Question 1

initially, the beast is presented…
(ch.2+3)

Answer 1

through fear

Question 2

finish the quote: ‘they talk..

Answer 2

…and scream’

Question 3

finish the quote: ‘there was no laughter at all now…

Answer 3

…and more grave watching’

Question 4

initially, the beast is presented…
(ch.2)

Answer 4

as an animal

Question 5

finish the quote: ‘the snake…

Answer 5

…-thing’

Question 6

initially, the beast is presented…
(ch.2

Answer 6

through time of day

Question 7

finish the quote: ‘he said…

Answer 7

…the beastie came in the dark’

Question 8

throughout the course of the novel, the beast is presented…

Answer 8

through simon’s perspective

Question 9

finish the quote: ‘maybe it’s…

Answer 9

…only us’

Question 10

finish the quote: ‘simon became inarticulate in his effort to express…

Answer 10

…mankind’s essential illness’

Question 11

‘maybe it’s only us’
‘simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness’

Answer 11

• ‘only’ underestimates the beast in humans -> underestimates the level of evil humans can inflict
• only one who recognises the “beast” for what it truly is
• beast = mankind’s essential illness -> fundamental part of who we are

Question 12

throughout the course of the novel, the beast is presented…

Answer 12

through jack

Question 13

finish the quote: ‘if there’s a beast…

Answer 13

…we’ll hunt it down!’

Question 14

finish the quote: ‘we’ll close it in…

Answer 14

…and beat and beat and beat’

Question 15

‘if there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down!’
‘we’ll close in and beat and beat and beat’

Answer 15

• emphasis on having fun and hunting the beast appeals to the other boys’ growing savagery
• makes the beast seem real in order to increase his power

Question 16

throughout the course of the novel, the beast is presented…

Answer 16

through the lord of the flies

Question 17

finish the quote: ‘simon’s mouth laboured…

Answer 17

..brought forth audible words’

Question 18

finish the quote: ‘fancy thinking the Beast was something…

Answer 18

…you could hunt and kill!’

Question 19

‘simon’s mouth laboured, brought forth audible words’
‘fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!’

Answer 19

• simon ‘laboured’ -> extreme difficulty in trying to argue with the lord of the flies -> struggle in resisting the beast
• belittling -> ‘fancy’ -> sarcastic, patronising tone

Question 20

throughout the course of the novel, the beast is presented…

Answer 20

through the dead parachutist

Question 21

finish the quote: ‘something like a…

Answer 21

..great ape’

Question 22

throughout the end of the novel, the beast is presented…
(ch.9)

Answer 22

through simon’s death

Question 23

finish the quote: ‘at once the…

Answer 23

…crowd surged after it’

Question 24

finish the quote: ‘leapt onto the beast…

Answer 24

…screamed, struck, bit, tore’

Question 25

finish the quote: ‘no movements but…

Answer 25

…the tearing of teeth and claws’

Question 26

‘at once the crowd surged after it’
‘leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore’
‘the tearing of teeth and claws’

Answer 26

• scenes of violence, brutality and death in the novel, but this is the most terrifying- the boys are personified evil, and have become “The Beast”
• wildness with which simon is torn apart

Question 27

throughout the end of the novel, the beast is presented…

Answer 27

as a god

Question 28

finish the quote: ‘the head is for…

Answer 28

…the beast. it’s a gift’

Question 29

‘the head is for the beast. it’s a gift’

Answer 29

• leaving it sacrifice
• an offering to the gods