hieroglyphics
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Hieroglyphics. Anne Donovan. What is the poem about?. About the poem. Dramatic monologue. 1 st person – shows her thoughts. Setting. The setting zooms in from generic to specific. grey cityscape. (could be anywhere) Drumchapel (specific town) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Hieroglyphics
Anne Donovan
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What is the poem about?
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About the poem.
• Dramatic monologue.• 1st person – shows her thoughts.
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Setting.The setting zooms in from generic to specific.• grey cityscape. (could be anywhere)• Drumchapel (specific town)• Kinfauns drive (specific road)• High school - how is it described?• Specific class
• Shows her lack of experiences of different places. Along with fact she hadn’t seen animals until school trip, what does this tell us about her background?
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Dialect.
• What do you think the point of this is?
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Easy to imagine her tone and feelings.Helps us to identify with, and understand, the character.
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Structure.
Opening.Introduces the theme.Introduces setting and character.Hyperbole – pointlessness in what she is learning.
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Turning point.
“Then ah startit deain the hieroglyphics for real.”
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Resolution.
“And the wan day ah couldnae take it oany longer.”
Emotive language and sense of hope.Pride in her work and happy of her achievement.
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Symbolism.
• Her letters• Hieroglyphics • Grey • Way she draws her teachers
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• Her letters – misplaced on the page, moving, scary.
• Hieroglyphics – indecipherable. Shows a lack of progress.
• Grey – lack of opportunities and excitement in her life.
• Way she draws her teachers: Miss Niven – half sparrow – delicate, beautiful.Mr Alexander – half fishMr Kelly – God of UnderworldHead master – sun god or Sphinx
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Humour.• Description of Mr Kelly:“sarky bastard”“he used to squint at ye…as if he wis examining ye through a microscope an hid jist discovered some new strain a bacteria that could wipe oot the entre population a Glesga.”• Describing the journey into the next life as
being like going to Ayr for the day. Shows her lack of experiences.
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• 2nd paragraph when talking about the likelihood of seeing animals where she lives.
“You could of lookt oot the windae at some big hairy orange beast devourin yer wee sister…”
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What are the differences between the characters of the different teachers?
What are their attitudes towards Mary? How do they help or hinder her (use evidence from the text).
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Should we feel sorry for Mary or is she capable of overcoming these problems? Quote evidence to back up your point.
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Tone.
• Conversational/chatty• Colloquial/informal• Frank/honest – makes us sympathise because
we see how innocent and vulnerable she is.
What is the tone at the end?
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Themes
What are the themes?
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• Childhood.Childish imagination.Belief in “fairy godmother” shows innocence.
• Hope.Despite everything she draws a smiley face and shows her optimism.
• Isolation and prejudice.Way people are picked on for their differences, and shows the way it can effect people.
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• Old-fashioned education system and how it fails children who learn differently.
“Ma mammy thoat ah wis daft”.“Takes me that long tae copy.”“the lesson’s nearly finished and ah’ve missed it.”
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Imagery.
Find 2 examples of imagery.
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• Comparisons to racehorses. “the class like a field a racehorses”.
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“only the furst two or three could keep up wi him.”
“The rest wur scribblin furiously…then he’d tease them wi a pause…he wis aff again lik lightnin.”
“ah wis the wan that fell at the furst fence.”
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“The class were aw sittin up like circus lions at this point, wonderin whit the ringmaister wis gonnae dae next.”
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Describing letters or her writing as insects.
“dancin roond like big black spiders.”“like wee scarab beetles scurryin aboot the page”.
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Mary’s character.
How do you feel towards Mary?
• Determination despite lack of help.• Has to learn to help herself.• No support at school.• Isolated from peers.• Tutor has left.• Belief she can’t learn/ is stupid.• Mary has good memory.
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• Intelligent• Aware of her own weaknesses• Helps others• Strong numeracy skills• Good at art• Creates own form of communication• From working class background• Father not around• Doesn’t appear to have friends