Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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How does Barry present the mud in the trenches?
How does Barry present the mud in the trenches?
As a living entity with malevolent intent
What does the list 'men, horses, guns, hope' demonstrate about war's impact?
What does the list 'men, horses, guns, hope' demonstrate about war's impact?
It moves from physical to psychological
What literary technique makes 'Death' the biggest thing and man the smallest?
What literary technique makes 'Death' the biggest thing and man the smallest?
Scale inversion
What does Willie mean by calling his position a 'subtle distinction'?
What does Willie mean by calling his position a 'subtle distinction'?
He's Irish but serves in British army
What do 'cuckoos in their heads' represent?
What do 'cuckoos in their heads' represent?
Inherited ideologies colonising minds
What does 'eighteen going on forty-five' convey about Willie?
What does 'eighteen going on forty-five' convey about Willie?
War has aged him prematurely
What does the swan simile suggest about Willie's love for Gretta?
What does the swan simile suggest about Willie's love for Gretta?
It is doomed and inescapable
What does 'the living, the dead, and the nearly dead' represent?
What does 'the living, the dead, and the nearly dead' represent?
Tripartite structure showing brotherhood
What does 'dream, born in a herdsman's shed' evoke?
What does 'dream, born in a herdsman's shed' evoke?
Pastoral Irish imagery and the Nativity
What does 'their old talk sanctifies them' argue?
What does 'their old talk sanctifies them' argue?
Language proves authentic Irishness