Character: The Narrator (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Narrator's function in the story
Narrator's function in the story
The voice of the village, collective perspective
Key pronoun narrator uses throughout
Key pronoun narrator uses throughout
'We' - represents communal attitudes not personal opinions
Narrator's reliability at story's end
Narrator's reliability at story's end
Unreliable - contradicts themselves about forgetting hermit
What 'naturally' reveals about narrator
What 'naturally' reveals about narrator
Assumption that everyone should attend church
Narrator's tone when describing events
Narrator's tone when describing events
Calm, reasonable and measured throughout
Who receives narrator's sympathy
Who receives narrator's sympathy
Villagers only, not the hermit - selective empathy
Open door interpretation shows what about village
Open door interpretation shows what about village
Village's self-importance & inability to grasp indifference
'Quiet lives' phrase reveals what priority
'Quiet lives' phrase reveals what priority
Conformity & avoiding conflict over honesty
Contradiction in narrator's final claims
Contradiction in narrator's final claims
Claims forgot hermit but hopes to forget him - contradiction
Overall assessment of narrator
Overall assessment of narrator
Partially reliable but morally compromised