Themes (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Female authority figures' effect on male patients
Female authority figures' effect on male patients
Emasculate & control them, strip masculinity
Nurse Ratched's control method
Nurse Ratched's control method
Emotional manipulation & threats
Harding's description of male patients
Harding's description of male patients
Victims of a matriarchy
Rawler's suicide symbolism
Rawler's suicide symbolism
What hospital would eventually do; systematic castration
Lobotomy & castration symbolic purpose
Lobotomy & castration symbolic purpose
Remove individuality, freedom, & sexual expression
Mechanical imagery symbolises
Mechanical imagery symbolises
Modern society; control over individuals
Biological imagery symbolises
Biological imagery symbolises
Natural world & natural impulses
Hospital's symbolic function
Hospital's symbolic function
Microcosm of society at large
Healthy sexual expression indicates
Healthy sexual expression indicates
Sanity; repression leads to insanity
Maxwell Taber's fate for questioning
Maxwell Taber's fate for questioning
Electroshock treatments & possibly brain surgery