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THEMES OIP - Coggle Diagram
THEMES
forbidden subjects
miles' expulsion
Jessel and Quint's relationship
what happened while Jessel and Quint were at the manor
subjects that are not talked about
how did the parents die
the behavior and absense of the master
literary allusion and intertextuality
intertextuality- ways in which a text draws on or speaks bout other texts
Jane Eyre- the governess
Mysteries of Udolpho- young woman experiencing supernatural events
uncle is not to be disturbed from city, leaves care of his niece and nephew to others
allusion- reference to person, place with which reader is familiar
urban alienation
disconnection of the city from the countryside
rural vs urban
common in modernist text
the corruption of the innocent
children seem wicked
children are also presented as innocent
victims of serious situations: orphans, abandonment and trauma from adults who were supposed to take care of them
granted seriousness and maturity not associated with innocence
narrative ambiguity and levels of narration
narrator viewpoint is untrustworthy and subjective
loss and despair
modernist text
intense period of socio-political change
turn of the 20th century
children lost parents and Jessel and Quint
loss of certainty
taboo sexuality
Jessel and Quint
Quint too free with everyone, especially the kids even
forbidden sexual desire recurs in modernist texts
sexuality is not to be out in the open
the destruction of heroism
governess is the protagonist, hero figure
she fails to protect children
one child becomes ill because of her and the other dies in her embrace
she becomes somewhat of an antihero
