Joel- Character study
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- Created on: 29-03-14 09:43
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- Joel
- Doesn't like the country
- gambles and attends dinner parties
- Society based on social cynical society aspiration
- Blue ribbon balls-parties at brothels
- gambles and attends dinner parties
- Plantation owner
- Slaves rise up against him
- Knows nothing about plantations
- Only knows what overseer tells him
- Not hands on
- Dereliction of duty
- hates it. Irresponsible
- Not business minded
- Only wants to marry for money
- mercenary
- Won't marry Manon (poor)
- No strong feelings
- Liked by everytone
- Charming
- flirtacious
- Philanderer
- Untrustworthy or dependable
- Shows life she could have had - would have had children with him
- Contrast with husband
- Pg 96-99
- Manon's mother has died. Manon at aunt's for supper. Joel comes to offer condolences
- 'My poor Manon, my poor, dear girl
- 'My'- determiner. could be his. she is an object
- adjective that shows pities her but cares for her but wont be with her as she's poor
- address term premodifier
- 'murmuring softly'
- verb+ adverb
- caring and gentle
- verb+ adverb
- trace of a smile on his lips
- when mentions Gaudet coming to town
- thinks he understands her- bond
- Colludes over dislike of husband
- thinks he understands her- bond
- when mentions Gaudet coming to town
- 'My poor Manon, my poor, dear girl
- genuinely sympathetic
- 'his features were composed'
- expression of sympathy was unmistakably sincere
- 'unmistakably' - adverb
- abstract noun- sadness
- impossibility of collapsing into his embrace
- 'weeping'
- emotive verb
- shows her anguish
- emotive verb
- 'stupidly, i enjoyed an inappropriate euphoria
- stupidly-adverb. 'inappropriate' knows she shouldnt
- euphoria- hyperbolic. extremely happy. abstract noun
- thousand regrets clouded my mind
- metaphor
- missed out on a lot by not marrying Joel
- metaphor
- Manon's mother has died. Manon at aunt's for supper. Joel comes to offer condolences
- Page 136
- 'devoted friend'
- noun phrase
- emotive premodifier
- noun phrase
- 'devoted friend'
- politesse
- superficial manner
- concerned with manners and social behaviour
- superficial manner
- 158-163 Gaudet is dead+ plantation is to be sold
- Joel realises she has no money
- simile- shop window
- 'i have not enough money. it was money, only money'
- repetition
- links to theme throughout of monetary value
- effort of forgiving Joel
- 'the effort fatigued me'
- realises the conversation is pointless
- 'the effort fatigued me'
- realises 'inappropriate' to feel giddy with excitement
- 'giddy with excitement'- metaphor
- Joel is a tonic which she must pay for
- extended metaphor
- 'Joel said somberly as if he'd just heard of the death of a favourite dog'
- simile
- somberly-adverb
- 'happier times'
- comparative adjective
- past to present
- Joel realises she has no money
- 192- 196
- child-like in his desire to escape from Manon
- immature
- 'he wanted to go back outside and play'
- 'exaggerated concern'
- pretending to be more concerned than he is. fake
- repetition of 'lie'
- recognises the 'charade'
- knows he is being insincere
- recognises the 'charade'
- Manon shouts at Dephine to 'stand up straight'
- 'snapped'
- cares about her appearance
- 'snapped'
- appearance linked to money
- new coat, cologne
- 'came to the end of his rhapsody'
- metaphor
- buy everything, sick of debt
- irony
- 'you're too pale'
- hollow expression of concern
- 'my future was as dark and small as Joel's was bright and wide'
- comparative
- no prospects
- Untitled
- child-like in his desire to escape from Manon
- Doesn't like the country
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