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Atonement Chapter 1,2,3 - Coggle Diagram
Atonement Chapter 1,2,3
Setting
Place: England, high-class country houses.
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Briony´s character
Personality traits
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Need of having control
"the model farm spread across a deep window ledge consisted of the usual animals, but all facing one way - towards their owner- as if about to break into song, and even the farmyard hens were neatily corraled". As she is the director of the play, we can see she need having the control of things and needs attention.
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Elements
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Literary Devices
Foreshadowing
"Briony was hardly to know then, but this was projects highest point of fullfilment. Nothing came near it for satisfaction, all else was dreams and frustration."
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Simile
In a generally pleasant and well protected life, she had never really confronted anyone before. Now she saw, it was like diving into the suimming pool in early June; you simply had to make yourself do it".
Diction
"In a prized varnished cabinet, a secret drawer was opened by pushing against the grain of a cleverly turned dovetail joint"
Listing
"Whereas her big sister room was a stew of unclosed books, unfolded clothes, unmade bed, unemptied ashtrays"
Alliteration
"Whereas her big sister room was a stew of unclosed books, unfolded clothes, unmade bed, unemptied ashtrays"
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Vocabulary
unglamorous/not excitingly attractive/ By comparison, monasteries, while sufficiently disliked, where unglamorous and little understood
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bridesmaid
a girl or woman, usually one of several, who accompanies a bride on her wedding day.
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wrangling/ engagement in a long, complicated dispute or argument/ weeks of political wrangling
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puckered
(especially with reference to a person's face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds.
"the child's face puckered, ready to cry"
garret
def: a room, often a small dark unpleasant one, at the top of a house, especially in the roof
ex: as a poor student, he lived in a garret
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reticence
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ex: and there was something brittle in her reticence that sugested strong will and atemper easily lost