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We Are 7 |
The
Thorn |
Idiot
Boy |
Tintern Abbey |
[The Ruined Cottage] |
+ The Brothers |
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Narrative Situation
Man speaking to men...
|
stubborn man speaking to man about
speaking to little 8 year old girl |
old sea man & telescope... distanced from story,
concerned with cause, in the dark, a stand-in for us? idealized,
really interested |
direct
narrative, limited & frustrated abilities of narrator, eerily
voyeuristic |
WW speaking to us? no! to Dorothy! |
WW in dialogue with Pedlar who tells him about Margaret |
Priest
& Leonard in dialogue. L never identifies self, P never recognized
him |
|
Subject
Low life, essential passions
|
death, denial, innocence, tenacity, family relationship,
childhood |
fallen woman (scarlet!), relationship to spot, sin
& atonement, curiosity |
simple,
mentally handicapped, motherhood, neighbors in need in countryside |
past,
change in self's relationship with nature through time, restoring
& returning, universalism |
despair, loss, natural power, entropy vs. order, compassion
and its limits, importance of husband + wife |
youth,
absolute loss, an empty return, attachment to land, to others,
plans going awry |
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Overall Tone
Feelings more important than action
|
insistence, disconnection, frustration, grudging respect |
curiosity, disconnection, repetition, isolation, vivid
landscape |
happy
happy happy, funny, good natured, satirical |
nostalgia,
grandeur, sublime, blessing, potency of time, egotistical, deceptive
to us? |
tragic,
contemplative, removed, search for peace & resolution at
end |
dramatic irony, drawn out suspense, hints of guilt,
hoplessness in face of odds |
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Effect on Us
Pleasure
|
stubbornness
of youth, naturalness, battle of the sexes |
dramatic
description, romantic backstory, hopefulness |
entertaining |
blissful,
sentimental, philosophical |
frustration, catharsis, close emotional involvment |
most disenchanted of them all, no moral stamped on,
realism in face of absurdity |
