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11 Cards in this Set
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Conan Doyle refers to the foreign throughout the novel to reflect Victorian attitudes towards foreign culture and society and also colonialism |
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Topic Sentence 1 |
Pondicherry Lodge and Thaddeus Sholto's home, represent the Victorian fear of the infiltration of foreign culture and values in British society. |
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Through the character Tonga, Conan Doyle illustrates the bigotry and racism towards colonial natives that associates them with savagery and moral degeneracy. |
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Through the narrative of Jonathan Small, Conan-Doyle represents the foreign as frightening, threatening and in need of British control. |
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However, in contrasting belief Tonga's loyalty to Jonathan Small with Sholto's betrayal of Small and Morston, Conan Doyle challenges those prejudices, and the assumption of British moral superiority. |
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TS1 - "An oasis of art in the howling deserts of South London" "It looked as out of place as a diamond in a setting of brass" |
L = Metaphor refers to Indian culture compared to English culture, which is rich, vibrant and extravagant, whereas English culture is lacking in cultural vibrancy and is unsophisticated in comparison. R = Shocking for Vic readers as it subverts the assumption or belief that English culture was superior to colonial cultures.
L = Simile shows his house as luxurious and it doesn't like a diamond making a stark contrast to dull London streets C = Between 1870's & 1890's there was diamond mining in India I = Thaddeus was a nabob and travelled to India with mercenary motives. R = Reflect Vic anxiety about infiltration of foreign culture in English society. |
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TS2 = "other" |
L = Adjective dehumanised Tonga represents him as the antithesis to English men and morality, cultures, manners and values I = Freudian perspective, Tonga represents the conflict between the "Ego and the ID" He acts on primitive desire, has no self-control R = Vic readers find Tonga disturbing as he doesn't have the ability to control his urges. |
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TS2 = "As venomous as a young snake" |
Tonga reflects morality and behaviours of Andaman Island natives. L = Simile shows Tonga as dangerous, primitive and animalistic. L = Biblical reference "Snake" from Genesis associated with sin and evil. C/R = Vic readers recognise reference since part of Christian society and attend church regularly. |
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TS3 = "All cut to ribbons by jackals and native dogs" |
Dawson's wife murdered by natives. Reduced to meet which had dehumanised her meaning she's been denies a traditional burial. I = Natives no better than wild animals C/R = Vic women viewed as vulnerable in need of protection. Image has a sensational effect that's disturbing to Vic readers because they can imply that she was unarmed and defenceless. Victorians loved sensational writing; therefore, the aspects engage them. |
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TS3 = "Two hundred thousand black devil's let loose" |
L = Metaphor has demonic effect because of how the natives are represented as satanic, is the antithesis to civilised English morality. I = Gothic trope could represent Small's hostility towards natives. |
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TS4 = "Would do anything to serve me" "Villain" and a "scoundrel" |
Tonga devoted to Small, but Major Sholto broke oath and stole the treasure; this contradicts the implied readers, predominantly middle-class, belief of colonial cultures being morally inferior to English culture. R = middle and higher class readers assume that Sholto, a respectable soldier, is morally superior and Tonga, the native, is inferior. D = Conan Doyle challenged beliefs by subverting the reader's assumptions of the foreign with the immoral. |
