Theme: The Individual vs Social Conformity (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Nature of hermit's challenge to village (passive/active)
Nature of hermit's challenge to village (passive/active)
Passive - demonstrates alternative, doesn't argue against village
Quote: hermit's existence as threat to villagers
Quote: hermit's existence as threat to villagers
the very fact of his existence was a kind of insult to us all
What hermit's self-sufficiency removes him from
What hermit's self-sufficiency removes him from
Network of mutual obligation holding village together
Villagers' strategy to neutralise hermit's threat
Villagers' strategy to neutralise hermit's threat
Invent stories about trauma/failed love in his past
Old man's failure demonstrates what about independence
Old man's failure demonstrates what about independence
Desire isn't enough; needs resilience conformity didn't develop
Type of conformity schoolmaster represents
Type of conformity schoolmaster represents
Intellectual - needs life to make rational sense & serve purpose
Bachelor's problem imitating hermit
Bachelor's problem imitating hermit
Copies external form without internal strength to sustain it
Deeper meaning: 'It is impossible to live like that'
Deeper meaning: 'It is impossible to live like that'
Verdict on villagers lacking self-sufficiency, not hermit
Method societies use to defend conformity in story
Method societies use to defend conformity in story
Exclusion and erasure, not open conflict
Villagers' feeling when hermit leaves & reason
Villagers' feeling when hermit leaves & reason
Relief - the challenge he represented has disappeared