Walter
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- Created on: 29-03-14 16:14
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- Walter
- Uncle doesn't want him
- Nods sagely to agree he shouldn't have been born
- 'it would be for the best if that child had never been'-Manon
- 'that' determiner-no ownership
- 'it would be for the best if that child had never been'-Manon
- 'this was one piece of his brother's property he wanted nothing to do with"
- metaphor
- nouns
- monetary value
- not human
- 'my little nephew' Charles might explain, while Walter rubbed mud into some elegant gentleman's waistcoat
- Humour at Walter's expense
- Wouldn't fit in at Chatterly
- imagery
- imagination
- adj-'elegant'
- elegant
- Nods sagely to agree he shouldn't have been born
- Link to monetary value
- Seen as property
- reminder of Gaudet's infidelity
- symbol
- reminder of her infertility
- 'the little *******'
- noun phrase
- taking pity on him
- Walter is a problem
- weeping, whining
- adjectives that show his vulnerability
- sympathetic portrayal, following Gaudet's death
- first person narration
- At the start of the novel, she is far
more offensive with regard to Walter
- address term
- 'little *******' pg 5 part 1
- Although still dismissive at the end of
the novel
- 'poor idiot'
- subtle display of sympathy- pre modifier 'poor'
- 'poor idiot'
- address term
- 'kicking the creature'
- verb
- noun-metaphorical evaluation
- Divergence
- (Sarah), pg 123
- noun 'creature' suggests not human
- barefoot wildy
- primal, less than human
- beautiful and vicious
- juxtaposition
- great contrast
- 'like a beautiful and vicious little wildcat'
- strange gibberish
- inhuman verbs
- lives under the table
- lower level to Sarah
- hidden away
- like a dog
- tortures puppies
- no moral conscience
- like father- tortures boys
- no moral conscience
- beautiful and vicious
- adverb 'rolling eyes' - mdaness
- feral nature
- primal, less than human
- Animalistic
- "he's like a cat" pg 199 part 4
- simile
- inhuman
- on lower level in social hierarchy
- This is echoed in the idea of social hierarchy and the derogatory treatment of slaves.
- Originally, Manon describes Walter to be
“like a dog
- pg 5, part 1, the simile depicting a lesser vulnerable animal to begin with
- 'eating bits of meat from his fathers hand like a dog
- simile
- distaste
- visual imagery
- Untitled
- simile
- "he's like a cat" pg 199 part 4
- Inept
- backhanded compliments
- golden skin
- full pouting lips
- jealous?
- semantic pattern of evaluative adjectives
- greasy fingers
- premodifier
- suggests lack of cleanliness
- premodifier
- Uncle doesn't want him
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