Language Features, Symbols, and Motifs (VCE SSCE English): Quizzes
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What is anaphora, as used in Merricat's voice?
What is anaphora, as used in Merricat's voice?
Repetition at start of successive clauses
Why is Jackson's use of present tense significant?
Why is Jackson's use of present tense significant?
It collapses past crimes into present
In Merricat's fairy-tale lexicon, what does the house become?
In Merricat's fairy-tale lexicon, what does the house become?
A castle
Which sensory detail type involves 'mushroom pie' and 'smoke'?
Which sensory detail type involves 'mushroom pie' and 'smoke'?
Olfactory (smell) details
What does the arsenic in the sugar bowl symbolise?
What does the arsenic in the sugar bowl symbolise?
Hidden malice & female resistance
What paradoxically enables eternal stasis at the castle?
What paradoxically enables eternal stasis at the castle?
The fire destroying changeable spaces
Nailed objects represent which form of ritual belief?
Nailed objects represent which form of ritual belief?
Sympathetic magic
How do ritual repetitions make time feel in the novel?
How do ritual repetitions make time feel in the novel?
Circular rather than linear
What paradoxical function does fire serve in Merricat's worldview?
What paradoxical function does fire serve in Merricat's worldview?
It preserves order by selective destruction
What is the domestic inversion Jackson creates with the kitchen?
What is the domestic inversion Jackson creates with the kitchen?
Nurturing space becomes murder site