Character: The Narrator (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Narrative technique in The Painter
Narrative technique in The Painter
First person narration
Pronouns showing community belonging
Pronouns showing community belonging
'We' and 'us' - collective pronouns
Pronoun shift during fight scene
Pronoun shift during fight scene
From 'we' to 'I' - marks individual action
Narrator's reliability
Narrator's reliability
Reliable - honest about village flaws
How narrator differs from William
How narrator differs from William
Both see truth; narrator private, William makes it visible
Narrator's true motivation for violence
Narrator's true motivation for violence
Fear of exposure, not community loyalty
What narrator feared painting would show
What narrator feared painting would show
Faces 'contorted with excitement and lust'
Narrator's self-justification phrases
Narrator's self-justification phrases
'Never regretted' and 'admire' himself
Who took pleasure watching the fight
Who took pleasure watching the fight
'Decent and law-abiding' people
Narrator's moral position
Narrator's moral position
Reliable in observation, morally compromised in action