Analysis: Part 2 (Scottish Highers English): Quizzes
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What creates irony when Bill searches for why Andrina stopped visiting?
What creates irony when Bill searches for why Andrina stopped visiting?
The letter explaining it awaits at home
What does the contrast between 'pure air' and 'fuggy' atmosphere emphasize?
What does the contrast between 'pure air' and 'fuggy' atmosphere emphasize?
Andrina brought cleanliness & freshness
How did Andrina participate in creating atmosphere for Bill's stories?
How did Andrina participate in creating atmosphere for Bill's stories?
She turned the lamp wick down
What do the adjectives 'white' and 'cold' suggest about Andrina's final kiss?
What do the adjectives 'white' and 'cold' suggest about Andrina's final kiss?
Shock & ghostly withdrawal
Why does the flashback use third person ('the young man') rather than first person?
Why does the flashback use third person ('the young man') rather than first person?
To distance Bill from shameful actions
What does the shift from 'enchantment' to 'slut' reveal about Bill?
What does the shift from 'enchantment' to 'slut' reveal about Bill?
His capacity for self-deception & cruelty
What effect do short sentences like 'He turned. He ran.' create?
What effect do short sentences like 'He turned. He ran.' create?
Isolation of each rejection action
What power imbalance made Bill's abandonment especially cruel?
What power imbalance made Bill's abandonment especially cruel?
He had education & mobility; she had none
Why did Sigrid stay silent about Bill for fifty years?
Why did Sigrid stay silent about Bill for fifty years?
To protect him from suffering
What does calling Andrina a 'visitant' acknowledge?
What does calling Andrina a 'visitant' acknowledge?
Her supernatural, ghostly nature