The werewolf revision

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  • Created by: katie_8
  • Created on: 29-04-20 16:00
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  • The Werewolf.
    • Themes
      • Innocence
      • Gender
      • Violence
      • Transgression
      • Power
    • Quotes
      • ' Harsh, brief, poor lives'
        • Separates reader from the story.
      • 'Anyone will tell you that'
        • Morbid fascination with the unknown/other
      • 'The wolf let out a gulp, almost a sob'
        • Gives the wolf human emotion and makes the reader feel sorry for iit
        • Find similarities in humans and beasts
      • 'Wolves are less brave than they seem'
        • Gives the girl power, unexpected.
        • Reader becomes uncomfortable
    • Characters
      • The child
        • Independant
          • 'Five miles' trudge through the forest'
        • Powerful/Brave
          • 'Wolves are less brave than they seem'
        • Unconventio-al female figure
          • 'armed with her fathers hunting knife'
      • The grandmother
        • Weak
          • 'So sick she had taken to her bad'
        • Unconventional grandmother
          • 'Squawking and shrieking like a thing possesed'
      • (The wolf)
        • Weak
          • 'let out a gulp, almost a sob'
            • Weak
              • 'So sick she had taken to her bad'
    • Messages
      • Despite older generations mistakes, this generation of women can prosper without having to change who they are
        • Metaphor for the grandmothers change
        • Seen when the grandmother 'challenges' the daughter

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