Themes (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Murdo's main struggle
Murdo's main struggle
Personal authenticity vs social conformity
What Murdo created to fit in
What Murdo created to fit in
A false version of himself
What Murdo did to his identity
What Murdo did to his identity
Stifled it
Mary's contrasting role
Mary's contrasting role
Rejects conformity, stays authentic
Mary's social status
Mary's social status
Marginalised by villagers
Village as 'microcosm' means
Village as 'microcosm' means
Small community represents wider world in miniature
How village life is presented
How village life is presented
Stifling and oppressive
'Dull concentrated manner' reveals
'Dull concentrated manner' reveals
Mechanical existence without emotional investment
'Dreamed their way towards death' suggests
'Dreamed their way towards death' suggests
Sleepwalked through life, never fully lived
Result when people can't express themselves
Result when people can't express themselves
Life becomes automated and meaningless