Key Moments (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Three central themes of the film
Three central themes of the film
Isolation, pride, and human need for connection
Colm's opening statement ending the friendship
Colm's opening statement ending the friendship
I just don't like you no more
The film's narrative tone
The film's narrative tone
Absurdist
Colm's quote about time
Colm's quote about time
I just have this tremendous sense of time slipping away on me
Colm's threat if Pádraic doesn't leave him alone
Colm's threat if Pádraic doesn't leave him alone
I'll cut off my own fingers
Dominic's question to Siobhán
Dominic's question to Siobhán
Would you ever fall in love with a boy like me?
Theme shown by Dominic's rejection
Theme shown by Dominic's rejection
Emotional abandonment
How Pádraic describes the fingers at his door
How Pádraic describes the fingers at his door
Like they were pointing at me
Pádraic's cruel lie to the music student
Pádraic's cruel lie to the music student
Your mammy's died. Hit by a bread van
Where Dominic's body is found
Where Dominic's body is found
In the lake
Pádraic's final declaration about moving on
Pádraic's final declaration about moving on
Some things there's no moving on from
Colm's response at the burnt house
Colm's response at the burnt house
Thanks for looking after my dog
What the burnt house symbolises
What the burnt house symbolises
Their relationship - reduced to ashes but still present
Colm's approach to life vs Pádraic's
Colm's approach to life vs Pádraic's
Meaning-seeking vs comfort in routine relationships
Pádraic's character transformation
Pádraic's character transformation
From sympathetic victim to capable of cruelty