Sive, Small Things Like These, and The Shawshank Redemption. (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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What does GVV explore?
What does GVV explore?
Overall perspective about life/world; tone, mood & outlook
Sive's GVV
Sive's GVV
Overwhelmingly pessimistic
Small Things Like These's GVV
Small Things Like These's GVV
Pessimistic setting, but ultimately hopeful
Shawshank Redemption's GVV
Shawshank Redemption's GVV
Gradually shifts from despair to deep optimism
How does Sive end?
How does Sive end?
Sive's suicide, Nanna weeping over her body
How does Shawshank end?
How does Shawshank end?
Red reunites with Andy on beach, ends with 'I hope'
Sive's setting
Sive's setting
1950s rural Ireland: poverty, repression, misogyny
Small Things Like These's setting
Small Things Like These's setting
1980s Ireland: conformity, silence, Catholic power
Shawshank Redemption's setting
Shawshank Redemption's setting
Mid-20th century America: corrupt, brutal prison system
Sive's tone & mood
Sive's tone & mood
Dark, claustrophobic, cynical
Key relationship in Shawshank
Key relationship in Shawshank
Supportive friendship between Red & Andy
Hope vs despair outcome in Sive
Hope vs despair outcome in Sive
Hope is crushed by social control
Hope vs despair outcome in Shawshank
Hope vs despair outcome in Shawshank
Hope triumphs over despair
Furlong's key action in Small Things
Furlong's key action in Small Things
Rescues Sarah on Christmas Eve, defying Church & community
Andy's response to injustice
Andy's response to injustice
Clever, long-term resistance; ultimately escapes