Bright Star — Characterisation and Key Moments (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Corporeal restraint
Corporeal restraint
Using body language & objects to show unspoken feelings
Needlework as idiolect
Needlework as idiolect
Fanny's stitching as personal emotional language
Fanny's chromatic arc (costume colours)
Fanny's chromatic arc (costume colours)
White (innocence) → sapphire (passion) → black (mourning)
Anti-hagiographic portrayal
Anti-hagiographic portrayal
Showing Keats as vulnerable human, not idealised genius
Glance economy
Glance economy
Conveying meaning through looks rather than dialogue
Consumptive embodiment
Consumptive embodiment
Keats's physical signs of tuberculosis (posture, pale skin)
Nature synaesthesia
Nature synaesthesia
Natural world mirroring Keats's poetic imagination
Regency precarity
Regency precarity
Instability faced by artists without independent wealth
Fanny's sewing: arguments vs. reading letters
Fanny's sewing: arguments vs. reading letters
Rapid/aggressive stitching vs. slow/deliberate hemstitching
Mrs Brawne's pragmatic protectiveness
Mrs Brawne's pragmatic protectiveness
Enforcing TB quarantine to protect Fanny's health