Hotel Room, 12th Floor (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Central conflict in 'Hotel Room, 12th Floor'
Central conflict in 'Hotel Room, 12th Floor'
Civilisation vs savagery; light vs dark
Tense shift in stanza 1, line 6 signals
Tense shift in stanza 1, line 6 signals
Past to present; midnight's arrival & change to sinister tone
Purpose of Western film references in poem
Purpose of Western film references in poem
Shows conflict between civilisation & savagery continues today
Empire State Building metaphor
Empire State Building metaphor
'Jumbo size dentist's drill' - suggests pain & suffering
What 'midnight' symbolises throughout poem
What 'midnight' symbolises throughout poem
Savagery, violence, darkness in human nature
'Coldwater flats' represent
'Coldwater flats' represent
Poverty; primitive apartments without hot water
'Glittering canyons and gulches' connects
'Glittering canyons and gulches' connects
Modern NYC streets to Wild West battlegrounds
'The frontier is never somewhere else' means
'The frontier is never somewhere else' means
Frontier/savagery exists within us all, not just a place
Title 'Hotel Room, 12th Floor' conveys
Title 'Hotel Room, 12th Floor' conveys
Impersonal, generic setting; speaker isolated as observer
'Warwhoops continually ululating' uses which devices
'Warwhoops continually ululating' uses which devices
Onomatopoeia & alliteration to capture violent sounds/sirens