Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Protagonist of Elton's WWI novel
Protagonist of Elton's WWI novel
Douglas Kingsley
War's first casualty (epigraph)
War's first casualty (epigraph)
Truth
What war offends for Kingsley (2 things)
What war offends for Kingsley (2 things)
His sense of logic and scale
Novel's opening line about death
Novel's opening line about death
And so the man drowned in mud
Agnes: 'If only you had been a...'
Agnes: 'If only you had been a...'
coward
Heart described as what (clinical view)
Heart described as what (clinical view)
A muscle, a pump which distributes blood
War determines who is... not who is right
War determines who is... not who is right
left
What soldiers don't know about the war
What soldiers don't know about the war
Why it began or why it has continued
Intellect vs conscience for Kingsley
Intellect vs conscience for Kingsley
Intellect informs right; conscience determines action
Kingsley's Q: What is murder amid daily...?
Kingsley's Q: What is murder amid daily...?
slaughter