Themes (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Genre: monodrama definition
Genre: monodrama definition
Dramatic work for one performer
'Faultily faultless' describes
'Faultily faultless' describes
The nouveau riche/new commercial wealth
'Come into the garden, Maud' function
'Come into the garden, Maud' function
Creates erotic garden idyll
Madness in Maud represents
Madness in Maud represents
Visionary truth/superior insight
War's role in poem's ending
War's role in poem's ending
Redemption through martial sacrifice
'Blood-red blossom' symbolism
'Blood-red blossom' symbolism
Violence as natural growth/moral renewal
Polluted minnow metaphor
Polluted minnow metaphor
Industrial capitalism contaminating everything
Maud embodies Victorian femininity as
Maud embodies Victorian femininity as
Muse, virgin, and angel simultaneously
Crimean War year inspiring Maud
Crimean War year inspiring Maud
1854
Blackwood's Magazine review of Maud
Blackwood's Magazine review of Maud
'Immoral glorification of murder'