AQA Character and Voice

Ideas of: Identity, Stereotypes, Negative emotions, Status, Power, Pride and Decay.

Possible quotes to use:

• "basket of washing..."- Dirty, Forgotten, Shows his status in society
• "...indelible ink..,"-- Scars of past, Proud of them?, Individual to him (Identity)
• "picture windscreen wipers, and let it rain."- Forget him, Move on, Sense of sadness. 

Possible poems to compare with:

• Checking out me history
• The Hunchback in the Park
• Singh Song!
• Give 

Ideas Explored/ Themes: Character, Identity, Pride

Possible quotes to use: 

• "Dem tell me"- phonetic language, repetition, anger?
• All the indented italic sections- not sarcastic, no rhyme, short lines: gets to the point!
• Rhyme of stanzas- sarcasm, mocking his teachers, annoyed? 
• "Dem tell me wha dem want to tell me"- Brainwashing, Force, taking away pride, loss of identity

Possible Comparisons: 

• Sing Song! 
• The Clown Punk Give
• Casehistory: Alison (head injury) 
• On a Portrait of a Deaf Man 

Themes: Voice, Damage, Pride, Power, Time and Change

Quotes that you may want to use: 

• "They shouted for me when..."- wanted, loved, needed to help settle the horses
• "but the tractor came over the fields"- change,techhnology, fear, anger.
• "I was scorned as demon and witch..."- the people don't understand, fear, anger, revenge, still proud.
• I miss them...the pride, most of all the pride"- loss, regret, no longer loved, no longer proud

Comparisons: 

• Medusa
• Give
• The River God
• Les Grands Seigneurs

Themes: negative emotions, power, death, damage, men/women,voice, identity

Quotes:

• "a suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy grew in my mind"- her feelings, over what?, very strong words
• Whole third stanza- love, jealousy, desperate: "stone", veiw on men
• lots of animal comparisons- pig: dirty, ugly- describing someone?, she is now an animal?
• "Look at me now"- regret, anger, sadness

Compare: 

• The River God
• Give
• Ozymandias
• Brendon Gallacher

Themes: identity, pride, voice, men/women

Quotes: 

• all phonetic language- shows identity, stereotypical?
• description of wife- she is not perfect but still he loves her, proud of her
• "How much does dat come to baby?... is priceless baby-" - mocking about his job, dreams, love, they are happy

Connections: 

• Checking out me history 
• Les grands seigneurs
• My Last Duchess
• The Clown Punk 

Themes explored: dreams, imagination, death, character, men/women

• Quotes:
• "...my brendon gallacher"- possessive, hers, finds him specialis an object?, protective
• "why not... no no i'd say"- knows he is not there, embarresed, possessive,, fearful
• "and he died then.."- grown up, mum has burst bubble, realisation, sense of sorrow
  • Connections:
  • on a portrait of a deaf man
  • my last duchess
  • checking out me history

Themes: status, power, pride, identity, negativ emotions

• Quotes:
• of all the public places, dear, to make a scene, I've chosen here"- sarcsm, pride, not upset, angry,
• "...just change"- metaphor: change as in money or change a in change of ways??
• "that's big of you"- sarcasm, anger, jealous?
  • Connect with:
  • medusa
  • river god
  • clown punk
  • singh song

Themes: men/women, power status, love, damage, identity

• Quotes:
• animal metaphors- men are animals, happy, flowing, sarcastic, arrogant
• "i was their queen"- possessive, in charge, high status
• "...called my bluff"- change of power, no longer queen, karma?
  • Connection poems:
  • give
  • ozymandias
  • the ruined maid

Themes: stereotypes, death, decay, rumours, pride

Quotes:

• "two vast trunkless legs of stone" - forgotten, old, decaying statue
• I met a traveller... who said..."- rumours, story?, not true
• "the lone and level sands stretch far away"- decay, forget, wipes away past
  • Connectives:
  • Horse whisperer
  • Casehistory
  • Clown Punk

Themes: pride, death, revenge character, voice, power, status, men/women

• Quotes:
• "a heart-how shall i say?"- sarcasm, jokes, trying to be funny, light hearted, creepy
• "she thanked me-good"- praise, respect, pause as thinking time, panic
• "as if alive. will't you please rise?" proud of her, sarcastic, back to reality, end of rant
  • Connections:
  • The river god
  • medusa
  • horse whisperer
  • checking out me history
  • The ruined maid

Themes: character, voice, power, death, love, pride

• Quotes:
• "I bless their swimming"- possesive, sees himself as high status, in charge, like a god blessing
• oh will she stay with me will she stay..."- sarcasm, knows she will stay, creepy, nasty
• "hi yih, yippity yap"- riverdance, having fun, his flow
  • Connections
  • My last duchess
  • ozymandias
  • medusa
  • Clown Punk

Themes: fear, voice, damage, identity, pride

• quotes:
• "a solitary mister"- lonely, quiet, peaceful, happy, likes the quiet
• "tigers jump out their eyes"- violent boys, angry, big imagination, jumpy, on the prowl
• "a woman...locks and chains"- wants a woman, lonely, sad, made for him, perfect
  • Connections:
  • The Clown Punk
  • The ruined maid
  • casehistory
  • On a portrait of a deaf man

Themes: character, voice, damge, jealousy

• Quotes you may find useful:
• rhyme on every line ;)- flows, sarcastic, funny, conversational
• "oh didn't you know i'd been ruined?"- anger, upset, stressed, negative emotions
• "I wish I had feathers, and a sweeping gown2- want to swap lives,
  • Connections:
  • on a portrait of a deaf man
  • medusa
  • Casehistory

Themes: damage, voice, negative emotions, dispair, love, forgetting

• Quotations:
• "looks at her photograph"- sets scene, sees a stranger, captures the moment
• "consistency matters"- needs her old life back, pedantic, mind all over the place, fear, anger
• "A bright girl she was"-repetition, past, was now has lost it all, damaged future, scared of future
  • Connect:
  • Hunchback
  • Les Grands Seigneurs

Themes: decay, death, loss, negative emotions, character,sadness

• Quotes
• from nice tings to the horrible death quotes- contrast, mixed emotions, distressed son
• "shaked hands with many friends" - was likes, leaves behind a lot, sudden death, understood
• "I only see decay"- can't remember the good, sad, distressed, scared, grief
  • Connect:
  • Casehistory
  • give
  • clown punk
  • the river god