James Honeyman
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- Created on: 08-04-16 14:55
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- James Honeyman
- Form
- Final stanzas like a lament - 'oh'
- Language
- Themes of war, love, family, isolation, ambition and death
- Hyperbolic- 'silent child'
- Scientific lexis- Auden loved Science, also suffered isolation
- Destination
- Following James to his death, every moment leads to the final event
- Chemistry most important- continued throughout- final line- central theme
- Final killing stanza- his ambition has caused the ones he loves to die
- Journey through life, feel empathy with central character
- Ambition and intelligence can be dangerous- only wanted to be rewarded- isolation- unconventional
- Voice
- Different voices- subjective opinions
- Speaker is unknown- detached narrative- no opinion- sees whole situation
- Female speech perceived as positive- wife
- Many speakers- all give different opinions on James, shaping readers
- Final conversation-almost like he is speaking to conscience and not wife
- Character
- Two opposing sides: scientist and family man
- Eponymous character like Miss Gee
- James does not fit the stereotypes- pressure to fins wife- social isolation
- James is smart yet isolated and different- clear all the way through
- Sympathy with James and family- distance between them all
- Different opinions- where James is important- his potential- morality- smart is not bad
- James changes, feels guilty and wants recognition- becomes less of a hobby and more of a obsession
- Point of View
- Third person narrator- omniscient
- Third person point of view does not change
- James point of view changes- a the end he is guilty and remorseful- he is frightened because of what he has done
- Different voices show different perspectives- give impression of many lives associated with James through life- his characters development
- Time
- Speeds up in Stanza 6, final stanzas are extremely slow- to put significance on pain and guilt
- Chronological time order- through his life, all the way to death
- Opening is unknown but finishes at the point of death- context behind why he is dying
- Age unknown- is not relevant- actions are important
- Uses seasons to show life is moving on, progress doesn't take notice of it
- Setting
- Several domestic/real settings- Narrative moves through locations
- Shed- his isolation, where danger occurs- shut from family
- Great West Road- symbolic of local industry
- The Bombs get closer to home- finally in garden, near shed, main place of danger
- Different settings, different characters, through his life
- Structure
- ABCB rhyme scheme from 2nd stanza- James didn't fit in from the start
- Stanza 6- rapid pace, then slows down- James' ambition succeeds quickly
- Chronologically linear poem
- Form
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