The Lammas Hireling- Duhig Flashcards
1
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Duhig’s MAP
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- truth may not always be the complete truth, just a version
2
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Themes
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- transgression
- truth/ ambiguity
- masculinity/ femininity
- magic/ supernatural
- religion
- regret/ guilt
- sanity/ madness
3
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F/S- dramatic monologue
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- speaker reveals aspects of their character, still ambiguous
4
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F/S- no rhyme shceme
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- feels like story, less controlled
5
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F/S- 4 sestets
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- narrator has thought carefully about the events/ repeatedly confessed
6
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F/S- caesura and enjambment
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- confession-like, stream of consciousness
7
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Language- mysticism
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- enables reader to detach themselves, less realistic
- makes reader feel less responsible
- criticism of wider society: abasing dire crimes
- those that harm the entities protecting Otherworld will suffer
8
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‘I grew fond of company/ that knew when to shut up’
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- perfect addition to farm, promising in its prosperity
- pleases narrator, sets hopeful tone
9
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‘disturbed from dreams of my dear late wife’
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constant ‘d’ sound: harshness despite changing atmosphere
10
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‘his lovely hair thinned’
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- still seems to have feelings for hireling
- despite seeing him take part in satanic ritual and has murdered him: homoerotic undertones?
11
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‘there was no splash’
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- ambiguous: has the burden dispersed?
- speaker will continue to feel guilt
12
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‘it has been an hour since my last confession.’
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- only complete sentence
- tormented with guilt, needs to be cleansed
