Theme: The Individual vs Society (Scottish Highers English): Quizzes
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Which characteristics set William apart from the village community?
Which characteristics set William apart from the village community?
Physically weak, gifted, distant, artistic
What does the close-knit rural community value most?
What does the close-knit rural community value most?
Physical strength, conformity, silence
How does William approach his painting work?
How does William approach his painting work?
He paints reality as he sees it
What expression does the narrator fear appearing on his face in William's painting?
What expression does the narrator fear appearing on his face in William's painting?
Lust and happiness
Why does William's departure become necessary?
Why does William's departure become necessary?
He must leave & the village needs him gone
What does the village's rejection of William represent?
What does the village's rejection of William represent?
An act of collective self-defence
Why do the narrator's neighbours think he intervened against William?
Why do the narrator's neighbours think he intervened against William?
To protect the village's reputation
What is the narrator's actual motivation for acting against William?
What is the narrator's actual motivation for acting against William?
Personal self-protection, not loyalty
What key difference exists between William's and the narrator's responses to truth?
What key difference exists between William's and the narrator's responses to truth?
William expresses; narrator suppresses
What does the theme reveal about individual versus society?
What does the theme reveal about individual versus society?
It's a series of compromises, not simple