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Mind Map by peggyhughes, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by peggyhughes
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Character:
Names
- LAWRENCE
- 'The Man Who Loved Islands'
- Lawrence uses the names
and titles of the protagonist
to demonstrate his decline
in power, coupled with his
regression of mental state
- Called "The Master" when he creates "minute
world of pure perfection", shows the heightened
importance the islands and his control of them
bring. In first section, HE OWNS THE ISLAND
- Becomes "Mr Cathcart" when he is
forced to move to second island. Loss
of authority but still himself
- Represents to reader the
extent to which the islands
strip Mr Cathcart of his
identity until they possess him
completely
- On final island referred to simply as "he". Exemplifies
terrible loss of identity through the unity with the
island that he so desired. Also lack of need for names
emphasises his isolation as no need to distinguish
between him an others
- Called "The Master" when he creates "minute
world of pure perfection", shows the heightened
importance the islands and his control of them
bring. In first section, HE OWNS THE ISLAND
- Lawrence characterises the
protagonist immediately by
his obsession
- Referred to in very first sentence as
"there was a man who loved islands" -
his obsession with islands is clearly
most important aspect of his being
- Pre-empts the take over of this
obsession as in the past tense
- Referred to in very first sentence as
"there was a man who loved islands" -
his obsession with islands is clearly
most important aspect of his being
- Lawrence uses the names
and titles of the protagonist
to demonstrate his decline
in power, coupled with his
regression of mental state
- 'The Prussian Officer'
- In 'The Prussian Officer',
Lawrence uses names to
establish a power balance
between the protagonists
- Predominately uses
"orderly" and "officer"
or "captain" to refer to
them, using military
status to exert power
over orderly
- Grants oficer status which
is demolished bu represses
homosexuality: allows reader
to further understand
humiliation this must bring
- Power must be
reinstated:
through
violence
- Power must be
reinstated:
through
violence
- Ultimately, Lawrence does this to
establish inate sense of control held
by Officer over orderly, pre-empting
the oppression that follows
- Predominately uses
"orderly" and "officer"
or "captain" to refer to
them, using military
status to exert power
over orderly
- In 'The Prussian Officer',
Lawrence uses names to
establish a power balance
between the protagonists
- 'The Man Who Loved Islands'
- BROWNING
- Browning chooses to create some
of his characters without names,
highlighting to the reader their
insignificance in the eyes of the
narrator
- 'My Last Duchess'
- Use of the possessive "my" places the
Duchess under the control of the Duke -
she is immediately inferior
- Demonstrates Duke's arrogance
and desire for control - a control
rejected by is late wife, as shown
in her behaviour
- Demonstrates Duke's arrogance
and desire for control - a control
rejected by is late wife, as shown
in her behaviour
- "Last" gives the
impression that there are
further Duchesses to
come: sinister future for
woman
- The Duchess is referred to solely through the perception of the Duke,
as his possession. This is used to characterise the Duke as
power-hungry and paranoid, and to exemplify his disregard towards the
duchess - he makes no effort even to name her. Reflects the
conversational tone of the poem
- Use of the possessive "my" places the
Duchess under the control of the Duke -
she is immediately inferior
- 'My Last Duchess'
- Browning uses names to demonstrate
a character's loyalties or actions
- 'The Patriot'
- Title itself our
only form of a
name
- Characterises the protagonist by
his sense of duty, reflected in the
herois first two stanzas
- Bitter irony as country turns on him
- Bitter irony as country turns on him
- Heightens sense of betrayal
when country punishes him in
last two stanzas
- Browning criticises the traditional
attitudes of patriotism and the
constructed theory that it equals
greatness by displaying a "patriot"
gone wrong
- Title itself our
only form of a
name
- 'The Patriot'
- Browning chooses to create some
of his characters without names,
highlighting to the reader their
insignificance in the eyes of the
narrator
- AUDEN
- Auden uses the names of
characters to create irony in
relation to their actions
- Victor
- Seems to have won, ironic
as as a man he is sidelined
from society ad "too timid"n
- Foreshadows some sort of rise in
power: achieved through the murder of
Anna and his control over her - and life
- Seems to have won, ironic
as as a man he is sidelined
from society ad "too timid"n
- James Honeyman
- Sweet and innocent name.
Reflects his naivity towards
the power of his NPC
- Mirrors theme of seemingly
innocuous imagery throughout
poem. Adds sinister feel,
foreshadowing destructive
end
- Sweet and innocent name.
Reflects his naivity towards
the power of his NPC
- Victor
- Auden uses
names to
characterise
figures
- Miss Gee
- Immediately presented as
simplistic and single
- Disparages her
intelligence and
makes her seem
insignificaned
- Referred to by her "sarcoma",
metonymy emphasises how
she is exploited by doctors and
public alike for their gain
- Auden criticises the
immediate judgement
even the reader makes
from superficial values
such as a name
- Immediately presented as
simplistic and single
- Miss Gee
- Auden uses the names of
characters to create irony in
relation to their actions
- McCARTHY
- 'The Road'
- McCarthy rejects names for many of
his characters, choosing instead to
present them with an air of anonymity
- For example, the boy, referred to by rough age
and gender. He is unforgettably a child of the new
world and so we can assume that his hopeful
characteristics are ones tied to the new world
- Makes characters
universal: novel
becomes about
humanity rather than
a specific being
- Show loss of old world
traditions and identity, "who is anybody?"
- Demonstrates significance of family unit:
no need to distinguish between them and
others as there are no other
man-and-boy group in hostle world
- Man referred to by gender and relative age.
Characterises him as the experienced adult -
maybe he further understands the brutality of
self-preservation, explaining his acceptance of
violence as a necessity
- For example, the boy, referred to by rough age
and gender. He is unforgettably a child of the new
world and so we can assume that his hopeful
characteristics are ones tied to the new world
- Some figures are referred to more
specifically, presenting connotations
which immediately characterise them
in the reader's mind
- e.g. the "blood-cults" or
"marauders" - expansion on
their character offered
otrneeded
- Defined by violence, fulfilling
cliche of bad guys and once
again emphasising the passive
nature of the man and boy
against the need to survive
- Described as
mass, isolating
the man and
boy
- e.g. the "blood-cults" or
"marauders" - expansion on
their character offered
otrneeded
- McCarthy rejects names for many of
his characters, choosing instead to
present them with an air of anonymity
- 'The Road'
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