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Quick questions on Setting and atmosphere explained: H2 Literature in English
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What is setting as symbol?Show answer
A place or object in a setting can take on symbolic weight - a locked room, a river, a garden gone to seed. As with all symbol-reading, the symbol must be earned from the text rather than imposed, but where a writer returns to a place or charges it with significance, reading it symbolically deepens the analysis.
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Why is it a mistake to treat setting as a neutral backdrop? [2 marks]
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What is pathetic fallacy, and what is a more sophisticated use of it to notice? [2 marks]
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How can a setting carry the meaning of a scene without it being stated? [3 marks]
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