Peter Grimes - George Crabbe 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureGeorge CrabbeA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Kittykatty2000Created on: 27-12-17 13:56 life laborious to enjoy - Old Peter Grimes was a hardworking man 1 of 26 the stubborn boy 2 of 26 he in contempt and anger - motive for behaviour 3 of 26 assert the man 4 of 26 sacrilegious blow on his bare head 5 of 26 a feeling creature subject to his power - mention of wanting a boy 6 of 26 piteous orphans 7 of 26 pinn'd, beaten, cold, pinch'd threaten'd and abused - first boys death 8 of 26 he climb'd the main-mast and then fell below - second boys death 9 of 26 he clung affrighten'd to his master's knee - third boy, shows vulnerability 10 of 26 aprentice died - death is ambiguous 11 of 26 now Peter, thou'st no boy to beat - the town knows what he has done 12 of 26 waked by his view of horrors in the night 13 of 26 some curious some in pitty 14 of 26 wretch, does thou repent 15 of 26 how glare his angry eyes and yet he's not awake - eyes window into the soul 16 of 26 i never struck a blow - indenial 17 of 26 the cold death-drop glaze his sunkedn eyes 18 of 26 twas part confession and the rest defence 19 of 26 I saw my father on the water stand, and hold a thin pale boy in either hand 20 of 26 three spirits - 4 victims, did he not feel remorse for them all? 21 of 26 have mercy 22 of 26 my poor brain was burning hot 23 of 26 then flung the hot- red liquor in my face 24 of 26 where the floor open'd, there I heard the shriek of tortured guilt - referring to Hell 25 of 26 "again they come" and mutter'd as he died 26 of 26
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