storm on the island language
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- Created on: 26-10-18 19:10
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- Storm On The Island - language
- "leaves and branches can raise a tragic chorus in a gale"
- the adjective "tragic" has connotations of misery, melancholy and depression
- moreover the phrase as a whole suggests the destructive potential of nature, because the storm is affecting the trees
- on a metaphorical level, the "tragic chorus" could refer to the tragedy of the troubles of which the storm as a whole is an extended metaphor
- links to tragedy of troubles
- aural imagery
- leaves and branches
- storm
- destruction
- storm
- "spits like a tame cat turned savage"
- the adjective "savage" connotes aggression, violence and potentially something uncontrollable
- also, the simile as a whole suggests ow the people are as destructive as nature because they are fighting over each other.
- the simile as a whole could therefore suggest that the outcome of the trouble is unpredictable and the conflict is uncontrollable
- overall it also shows how the catholics and protestsants are fighting like cats and dogs.
- overall nature is symbolised through the violent imagery of the cat. it could also suggest the participants in the conflict are fighting like cats and dogs.
- alliteration-baring its teeth -just like you s=don't expect a cat to turn savage you don't expect the sea to turn hostile(unfriendly, threatening, frightening)
- "space is a salvo"
- the noun "salvo" connotes war, chaos because it means guns going off simultaneously
- the metaphor shows that the storm is coming at the inhabitance of the house at full force.
- overall it shows the conflict is ubiquitous as everything is destroyed by the storm which links to the Catholics and protestants space as a whole(is touched and tainted by the storm) is affected
- storm on the island is an extended metaphor for political conflict/ war.
- wizened(dried up. the island is barren) shows how nature has destroyed everything.
- "blows full blast "- onomatopoeia and aural imagery
- "you know what I mean"- universalises effect
- suggests warfare affects all and engages reader through direct address
- repetition of "no" suggests that here is nothing anyone can do to stop nature
- the noun "rock":at the start, fact of foundation of houses built on rock
- "it is a huge nothing that we fear"
- the adjective "huge" shows how ubiquitous (everywhere) nature is and how threatening it is
- the abstract noun "nothing" shows the pointlessness of fighting nature as represented by the storm
- "we are prepared"
- the collective pronoun "we" shows solitary and it shows how they are all in it together.
- security
- prepared-trying/ making an attempt to fight nature
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- the collective pronoun "we" shows solitary and it shows how they are all in it together.
- "leaves and branches can raise a tragic chorus in a gale"
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