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All my sons - Shame and Guilt
Karten in diesem Stapel (5)
- 1Keller-Displaces his guilt onto others and tries to justify his actions in order to cope.
-Chris forces him to admit his culpability.
-The way he speaks about Steve = he can't escape his guilt.
-When people condemn Steve, he feels personally attacked. Dramatically defends Steve. - 2Keller and Chris-Chris turns his back on Keller > Keller realises how serious his crime was.
-Instead of attempting to come to terms with his disgrace, he attacks his family for not supporting him.
-Keller only comes to terms after hearing Larry's letter. - 3Chris-Uncomfortable with father's success.
-Guilt = failure to voice doubts about validity of father's story.
-Keller's crime is the event that links all sources of shame.
-Chris can't bear being associated with Keller who killed servicemen like him. - 4Kate-Total knowledge of true events but chooses to help Keller in his deception.
-Denies most painful result of shop incident = Larry's death. - escapes blame
-Thinks she doesn't need to accept guilt, as long as weren't responsible for Larry's death.
-Emphasises Keller's guilt, attacks him by tying him to Larry's death. Pointing out his guilt she avoids her own. - 5Ann-Ashamed of Steve = who tried to minimize his own guilt by highlighting Keller's.
-Symbolically severed ties with her father - determined not to be tainted by Father's crime. Everyone assumes she's kept in contact with him - brings her constant reminders.
-Shame = she initially supported her father, only to realize his guilt.
-Resentment stems from surrendering her faith in her father.
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- A-Level English Language and Literature Karteikarten am All my sons - Shame and Guilt, erstellt von sophiearthurton am 21/05/2016.
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