Themes (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards

Underlying ideas that run throughout a literary work

Small-scale representation of something larger

As a rigid hierarchy

Lazy, useless, disrespectful and ungrateful

Stepping-stone to designer positions

Privilege they have never experienced

To drive plots forward & develop characters

Juxtaposing opposites to emphasise differences

Aspirational figure - princess all young men hope to escort

Verbal wit, particularly Phil & Spanky's rapid-fire exchanges