Setting (Scottish Highers English): Quizzes
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What type of community is the village described as in the story?
What type of community is the village described as in the story?
Small, isolated & rural
What narrative technique does Smith use to create a sense of collective identity?
What narrative technique does Smith use to create a sense of collective identity?
First-person plural narrator ('we')
Where does the hermit position himself in relation to the village?
Where does the hermit position himself in relation to the village?
'To the outskirts of our village'
What does 'liminal space' mean in relation to the hermit's position?
What does 'liminal space' mean in relation to the hermit's position?
A threshold/in-between place
In the symbolic contrast, what do the moors represent?
In the symbolic contrast, what do the moors represent?
Freedom, solitude & escape
Complete: 'in the long winter nights, in the long summer days, we knew that he was ____'
Complete: 'in the long winter nights, in the long summer days, we knew that he was ____'
there
What kind of threat does the hermit pose to the village?
What kind of threat does the hermit pose to the village?
Psychological, not physical
What detail shows the village's social restrictions?
What detail shows the village's social restrictions?
'No drink to be had in the village'
How do villagers feel after the hermit's departure?
How do villagers feel after the hermit's departure?
'A great weight had been lifted'
Why do villagers hope grass will grow over the hut site?
Why do villagers hope grass will grow over the hut site?
To erase all traces of difference