London

Cards (12)

  • What quote conveys the physical harm that oppression and restrictions can cause?
    'runs in blood down palace walls'
  • What quote conveys how people in positions of power cause harm to the working class?
    'runs in blood down palace walls'
  • What quote uses repetition to emphasise how authoratitive control of the government affects everything?
    'chartered street.../
    Chartered Thames'
  • What quote creates imagery of a living city trapped by regulations from the government?
    'chartered street.../
    Chartered Thames'
  • What quote indicates that government control is so strong that it leaves physical blemishes on people?
    'marks of weakness, marks of woe'
  • What quote references children to demonstrate the extent of government oppression?
    'in every cry of every man,/
    In every infants cry of fear'
  • What quote explicitly accuses religion of causing harm?
    'every black'ning church appals'
  • What three quotes can link Exposure and London?
    'in every cry of every man'
    AND
    'slowly our ghosts drag home'  Both emphasise the horrific effects of violence and oppression on people
    'chartered Thames'
    AND
    'attacks once more in ranks of shivering grey' both indicate that aspects of nature have been controlled in unnatural ways
    'marks of weakness, marks of woe'
    AND
    'all their eyes are ice' both indicate the horrific physical effects that things can have on humans despite never actually physically touching them
  • What three quotes can link London and Ozymandias?
    'marks of weakness, marks of woe'
    AND
    'look on my works, ye mighty, and despair' both show the negative emotions that arise as a result of dictators being in power and regulating people
    'runs in blood down palace walls'
    AND
    'king of kings' Both indicate how the monarchy and ruling class have been corrupted by power and are now cruel dictators that cause harm
  • What quotes can link London and Ozymandias?
    'look on my works' AND 'chartered street.../ Chartered Thames' both display the physical examples of power that the ruling class can force on us, by displaying narcissistic statues or controlling the minutia of everyday life
  • What quote shows that people are trapped by thoughts and attitudes, both of themselves and others?
    'mind-forged manacles'
  • What quotes uses an oxymoron to suggest that everything has been destroyed in the final line?
    'and blights with plagues the marriage hearse.'