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- George Orwell and historical context18
- Plot and chapter summaries17
- Characters in 198429
- Dystopia and setting in 19845
- Themes in 198430
- Power, control and surveillance in 198414
- Language, Newspeak and propaganda in 19846
- Symbols, motifs and literary techniques in 19849
- 1984 quotes12
- Critical interpretations and adaptations of 198412
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George Orwell 1984 - Plot George Orwell 1984 - Plot - Part I In the bleak world of 1984, Winston Smith works for an oppressive government agency. In the Ministry of Truth, Winston's function is to rewrite history to suit the needs of the autho...
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George Orwell 1984 - Characters George Orwell 1984 - Characters Winston Smith: Winston is an everyman character, designed by Orwell as a warning to the reader - that they may one-day find themselves to be Winston if they ar...
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Novel Techniques/Conventions + Examples ‘Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past’ Anaphora – repetition of ‘who controls’ – emphasis on a single entity [person or group] ...
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QUOTES [telescreen] the instrument...could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely the patrol did not matter...only the Thought Police mattered the telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously fre...
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1984 - created from Mind Map "He was already dead, he reflected. It seemed to him that it was only now, when he had begun to be able to formulate his thoughts, that he had taken a decisive step. The consequences of every act are included in the a...
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1984 - s 3 ch 2 & 3 Ten torture methods later…Winston (like all the other prisoners) confesses to a long range of crimes – espionage, sabotage, etc. The confessions are a mere formality. This is so not over yet. Winston’s ...
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KEY THEMES TOTALITARIANISM - Warning - He demonstrates the terrifying degree of power and control a totalitarian regime can acquire - Personal rights, freedom and individual...
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Context (1984) George Orwell 1984 Context 1. A brief understanding of area's in George Orwell's life which hinders meaning/reasoning behind set text. - Born on 1903 and died in the year 1950 - Educated in England, Eton College (Inde...
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GEORGE ORWELL - created from Mind Map Eric Arthur Blair Modernist writer Socialist opinions
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Play Courtesy Details Adapted by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan. Performed: 2017 Production: Australian Today’s context → concern over Ideas Control of Information Rewriting of History – Winston’s job in th...
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George Orwell 1984 - Introduction George Orwell 1984 - Intro George Orwell's dystopian novel from 1948 finds increasing resonance in the modern age. Projecting a future where the government has the will to observe and control every citizen, Orwell is ...
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