Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass - Armitage

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AS level English Literature Mind Map on Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass - Armitage, created by Lauren Bradford on 17/05/2017.
Lauren Bradford
Mind Map by Lauren Bradford, updated more than 1 year ago
Lauren Bradford
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Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass - Armitage
  1. Ideas
    1. joy of killing - objects a microcosm
      1. image of timelessness - always gender differences
        1. passive grass = feminine
          1. death and life intimately connected
            1. sexual violence
              1. human inclination towards violence
            2. Structure
              1. highly patterned and crafted - rich imagery
                1. replenished, harvest, resurrection
                  1. lyrical towards end
                    1. extensive use of sound - rhyme, alliteration, assonance
                      1. adds personality, emotional and physical aspect
                    2. Attitude/Tone
                      1. musing
                        1. conversational tone suggests confidence and self - righteousness - short and long sentences
                        2. informal
                          1. obnoxious
                          2. Techniques
                            1. extreme physical imagery / description
                              1. personification, extended metaphor
                                1. anatomical
                                2. masculinity vs femininity
                                  1. inter-species, or phychological?
                                  2. chainsaw a proxy
                                    1. animalistic gender considerations
                                      1. metabolism
                                      2. microcosm: power dynamic between manmade objects and nature
                                        1. emphasise broader struggle externally
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