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AS Level AQA English: Gatsby & Atonement quotations
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- 1Leon on heatwaves"I love England in a heat wave. It's a different country. All the rules change."
- 2Nick's narration on heatwaves'That anyone should care in this hear whose flushed lips he kissed, whose head made damp the pyjama pocket over his heart!'
- 3Leon to Briony on heatwaves“Have you done something bad today on account of the terrible heat? Have you broken the rules? Please tell us you have.”
- 4Atonement narration on love as contextual'This moment had been imagined and desired for too long, and could not measure up'
- 5Nick's narration on time'luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head'
- 6Briony's narration on her realisation about other people'a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended' - ironic as the war is happening at this time
- 7Fitzgerald's other titles for Gatsby'Trimalchio in West Egg' - slave in Roman novel who threw parties to seem rich
'Road to West Egg' - descent into new money - 8Purpose behind Eckleburg'evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness'
- ironic as it's an optician
- God used to sell, corruption, immorality - 9Tension released in Atonement'the sandy bricks radiated the day's trapped heat'
- 10Tallis family facade, very shallow'The island temple, built in the style of Nicholas Revett in the late 1780s, was intended as a point of interest, an eye-catching feature to enhance the pastoral ideal, and had of
course no religious purpose at all - 11Gatsby denies love is contextual"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can!"
incredulously - disbelieving - 12Robbie's love as difficult to recreate'The anticipation and dread he felt at seeing her was also a kind of sensual pleasure'
- 13Robbie's love keeping him alive'she was his reason for life, and why he must survive'
- 14Robbie's love as a fever'There was nothing but obliterating sensation, thrilling and swelling'
- 15Gatsby's materialism to impress Daisy'I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from his well-loved eyes'
- 16Emily's unequal marriage'His deceit was a form of tribute to the importance of their marriage'
- 17Cecilia endures unhappy family life to feel wanted'she simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed'
- 18Fragility of family ties'How easily this unthinking family love was forgotten'
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- AS - Level English Literature Flashcards on AS Level AQA English: Gatsby & Atonement quotations, created by Big Dave on 04/03/2016.
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