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English Literature : Lord of the Flies > Violence > Flashcards

Violence Flashcards

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initially, violence is presented…

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through setting

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finish the quote: ‘all round him the long…

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…scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’

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‘all round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’

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  • sibilance of ‘scar smashed’ -> almost onomatopoeic - reader can hear sounds of the violent crash, with the metaphor ‘scar’ alluding to the wounds mankind inflicts upon nature
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initially, violence is presented…

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through jack’s desire for power

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finish the quote: ‘snatched from behind him a sizable…

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…sheath-knife and clouted it into a trunk’

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finish the quote: ‘he looked round fiercely, daring…

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…them to contradict’

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7
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finish the quote: ‘and able at last to hit…

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..someone, stuck his fist into piggy’s stomach’

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initially, violence is presented…

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through henry

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9
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finish the quote: ‘poked about with…

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..a bit of stick’

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10
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finish the quote: ‘tried to control…

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…the motions of the scavengers’

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finish the quote: ‘he became absorbed beyond mere happiness….

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…as he felt himself exercising control over living things’

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finish the quote: ‘roger stooped, picked up a stone…

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…aimed and thew it at henry’

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initially, violence is presented…
(ch.4)

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through the re-enactment of the kill

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finish the quote: ‘the hunters, circling…

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….still, pretended to beat him’

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‘the hunters, circling still, pretended to beat him’

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  • ‘pretended’ -> has associations of youthful imagination and childish games -> but is juxtaposed with ‘beat him’, depicting a move from innocence to violence
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finish the quote: ‘kill the…

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…pig. cut her throat. bash her in’

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‘kill the pig. cut her throat. bash her in’

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  • changes to the ‘kill’ chants -> ‘kill’ and ‘cut’ are harsh, violent and aggressive, but also necessary for a hunt
  • however, the ‘spill her blood’, earlier in the chapter, whilst still violent, now becomes ‘bash her in’, a destructive image of bludgeoning that serves no purpose except a desire for violence
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18
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throughout the course of the novel, violence is presented…

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through the fallen parachutist

19
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finish the quote: ‘a sign…

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…came down from the world of grown-ups’

20
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finish the quote: ‘there was a sudden bright…

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…explosion and corkscrew tail across the sky; then darkness again’

21
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finish the quote: ‘there was a speck above the island, a figure dropping ….

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… swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs’

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‘a sign came down from the world of grown-ups’
‘there was a sudden bright explosion and corkscrew tail across the sky; then darkness again’

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  • ‘world of grown-ups’ -> meant to be safe and secure
  • instead, the violence of ‘explosion’, rather than bringing safety, creates nothing but ‘darkness’
23
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‘there was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs’

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  • ‘the sign’ is clear, human life is insignificant
  • pilot is just a ‘speck’ and ‘figure’, with no identity
  • killed in conflict and washed out to sea - like simon and piggy
24
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throughout the course of the novel, violence is presented…
(ch.6+8)

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through weapons

25
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finish the quote: ‘the circle of boys before…

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…him bristled with hunting spears’

26
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finish the quote: ‘stabbing downward…

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… with his knife’

27
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throughout the end of the novel, violence is presented….

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simon’s death

28
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finish the quote: ‘the build-up…

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…of clouds continued’

29
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finish the quote: ‘revolving masses..

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….of gas’

30
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‘the build-up of clouds continued’
‘revolving masses of gas’

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  • ‘clouds’ and ‘revolving masses of gas’ are both images of the island becoming trapped and enclosed by violent, destructive forces
31
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finish the quote: ‘at once the crowd…

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…surged after it’

32
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finish the quote: ‘leapt onto the beast….

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…, screamed, struck, bit, tore’

33
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finish the quote: ‘no movements…

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…but the tearing of teeth and claws’

34
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‘at once the crowd surged after it’
‘leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore’
‘no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws’

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  • ‘crowd’ -> no longer individuals responsible for their own behaviour -> are a collective, a pack of animals driven by instinct
  • animalistic imagery - ‘bit,tore’ ‘teeth and claws’ -> no suggestion of humanity -> predatory associations, of savage animals ripping apart prey
  • savagery reaches a peak
35
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throughout the end of the novel, violence is presented…

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jack’s abuse of power

36
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finish the quote: ‘he’s going to…

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…beat wilfred’

37
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finish the quote: ‘he got angry and made…

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…us tie Wilfred up’

38
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finish the quote: ‘cries of….

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..pain from Samneric’

39
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throughout the end of the novel, violence is presented…
(ch.10)

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through ralph

40
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finish the quote: ‘he began to pound…

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…the mouth below him’

41
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finish the quote: ‘using his clenched…

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…fist as a hammer’

42
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finish the quote: ‘he hit with more…

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…and more passionate hysteria as the face became slippery’

43
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‘he began to pound the mouth below him’
‘using his clenched fist as a hammer’
‘he hit with more and more passionate hysteria as the face became slippery’

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  • victim is dehumanised -> simply the ‘mouth’ and ‘the face’ -> ralph no longer sees a boy -> just something to be attacked
  • not a playground fight - a frenzied destruction -> images of a schoolboy fight (‘clenched fist’ and ‘hit’) are juxtaposed with the imagery of a weapon (‘a hammer’)
  • ‘pound’ and ‘passionate hysteria’ -> like an untamed animal -> violence making ralph bestial

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