Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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What dramatic technique does the 'Recruiting Officer' prologue use to expose colonial hypocrisy?
What dramatic technique does the 'Recruiting Officer' prologue use to expose colonial hypocrisy?
Metatheatrical irony
What does Liz Morden's existential questioning reveal theatre offers that legal institutions deny?
What does Liz Morden's existential questioning reveal theatre offers that legal institutions deny?
Certainty and forgiveness
What technique does Wisehammer use when 'country' shifts meaning in his quotation about empire?
What technique does Wisehammer use when 'country' shifts meaning in his quotation about empire?
Polysemy
What does Mary Brenham experience when performing Kite's lines during rehearsals?
What does Mary Brenham experience when performing Kite's lines during rehearsals?
Complete absorption
What represents the ideological conflict in the play's three central conflicts?
What represents the ideological conflict in the play's three central conflicts?
Phillip's optimism vs determinism
What does Phillip believe about 'unexpected situations' in his reformist philosophy?
What does Phillip believe about 'unexpected situations' in his reformist philosophy?
They reveal unexpected virtues
What does Tench believe is 'in the nature' of criminals in his essentialist view?
What does Tench believe is 'in the nature' of criminals in his essentialist view?
Vice and crime as unchangeable traits
What type of control does Duckling resist when she pleads 'JUST STOP WATCHING ME'?
What type of control does Duckling resist when she pleads 'JUST STOP WATCHING ME'?
Panopticon-like surveillance
What complicates the simple oppressor/oppressed binary according to the officer's perspective?
What complicates the simple oppressor/oppressed binary according to the officer's perspective?
Soldiers also feel victimised
What does theatre provide for Wisehammer's persistent claims of innocence?
What does theatre provide for Wisehammer's persistent claims of innocence?
Space for denied voices to speak