Quotes- Multiple interpretations

To obtain the highest level you need to consider different viewpoints and make as many interpretations as you can (minimum is 2). Examiners want to know that people can interpet the quotes in different ways.

THIS DOES NOT JUST APPLY TO POEMS. This applies for language (depending on the question) and literature exams. 

As you continue thorugh these cards you will see a couple of examples as to how to make multiple interpreations. These examples are mainly from the poems in power and conflict.

• Caesura emphasises the word ‘remains’- this tells us that everything that Ozymandias hoped would last didn’t.

• The phrase reveals to us that the creation of man was destroyed by the power of nature and time- links to time and nature being more powerful than man

• The phrase reveals to us that the creation of man was destroyed by the power of nature and time- links to time and nature being more powerful than man

• Ozymandias expected his creations to live forever however time and nature outlived the statue, leaving nothing behind- time and nature are more powerful than man-implies that power never lasts as over-time it gets destroyed and nothing ever lasts.

• Rameses II thought that his power would last but over-time nature had destroyed the creations of man and Rameses II lost his power- presents nature as powerful.

• The alliteration draws our intention to the metaphor. Blake is revealing that people are held back physically as well as mentally.
• It is almost as if they are brainwashed as the people have no freedom in their mind to think and they're just listening to the people in power. 
• People refuse to stand-up to the people on power (monarchs or goverment)
• The people could also just not be able to stand up due to the fact that they have no power against those in power. They can't make their voices heard as they have a lack of freedom and can't break out of the chains they put on their mind.
• 'forged'- means fake. The manacles they are in aren't real and don't exist but something else (those with power) are restriciting their freedom. 

• In Roman mythology Neptune was the God of the Sea. This reveals to us that the Duke wanted to have as much power as Neptune.
• The word 'sea-horse' connotates to the women and reveals that the Duke believes that he should have power over women. Seahorses are small animals that are easy to control, which reveals that he belives that woman should be easy to control and that they are inferior to him.
• The use of the enjambment after the word 'though,' emphasises the verb 'Taming.' This reveals that the Duke believes that women are made to be tamed and that they should be easy to control. He believes that he should have power over them, that he is superior to them and that he should control them.
• This presents his views of woman as it reveals that he doesn't care about thier feelings and just wants to be able to control them. 
• This portrays his obsession with power.

I hope these help with your exams and have provided enough examples to show you how to include multiple interpretations. Feel free to use them for your exams.

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR EXAMS.

Sorry for any spelling mistakes.