Aunt Helen (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Author of 'Aunt Helen'
Author of 'Aunt Helen'
T.S. Eliot
Aunt Helen's full name
Aunt Helen's full name
Miss Helen Slingsby
Number of servants caring for Aunt Helen
Number of servants caring for Aunt Helen
Four
Aunt Helen's residence location
Aunt Helen's residence location
Small house near fashionable square
Response when Aunt Helen died
Response when Aunt Helen died
Silence in heaven & at her end of street
Dresden clock symbolism
Dresden clock symbolism
Superficial values & time continuing
Fate of Aunt Helen's pets
Fate of Aunt Helen's pets
Dogs provided for; parrot died
Servants' behaviour after her death
Servants' behaviour after her death
Footman sat on table w/ housemaid on knees
Theme: Aunt Helen's emotional state
Theme: Aunt Helen's emotional state
Isolation & detachment
Theme: Society aspect critiqued
Theme: Society aspect critiqued
Superficiality of social status
Theme: How death is portrayed
Theme: How death is portrayed
Mundane & routine
Key stylistic device used
Key stylistic device used
Irony & satire
Poem's language style & tone
Poem's language style & tone
Formal & detached