Post by MissH on Mar 26, 2019 4:15:39 GMT -5
1. How is this revealed in the poem in front of you? (1)
2. How can we see this in at least one other poem? (1)
3. Quote and comment from poem in front of you (2)
4. Quote and comment from another poem (2)
5. Quote and comment from another poem (2)
Show how being separated from people and/or things is an important idea in his poetry.
1. In “Aunt Julia” we see that being separated from things is important. MacCaig feels separated from his aunt as they cannot communicate due to the language barrier. He warns the reader that we will be separated from our culture/skills and language if we do not foster these links.
2. In “Assisi” we see that the beggar is separated from society as a whole due to his deformities. He is ignored by the priest and tourists and ostracized from the church who should be helping him.
3. “She lay silenced in the absolute black of a sandy grave” (1) we can see that MacCaig is separated physically and permanently from his aunt here. He is frustrated that they could never communicate and now she is dead they will remain separate forever. (1)
4. “It was who had passed the ruined temple outside” (1) the beggar is ignored and isolated from society completely. He goes unnoticed by the tourists who would prefer to ignore that he is there. His deformities make them feel uncomfortable and they don’t want to help.
5. “A rush of tourists clucking contentedly, fluttered after him as he scattered the grain of the word” (1) MacCaig shows that the beggar is separated from the tourists as they do not care about him and instead hypocritically follow the priest instead. They show no care for him and yet try to be good Christians. I doing so they dehumanise and ignore the beggar right in front of them. (1)
By referring to this poem and to at least one other poem by MacCaig, discuss how he explores violence in his poems.
1. ‘Hotel Room, 12th Floor’ focuses on the brutal violence that takes place at night in New York that cannot be concealed by the wealth and showy buildings of the city during the day. It explores the darker more violent side of human nature.
2. ‘Brooklyn Cop’ focuses on a New York police officer who has to deal with savage, uncivilised violence from criminals and the fact that he too can cross the line and become brutal too.
3. In ‘Hotel Room, 12th Floor’ the metaphor “wildest of warwhoops continually ululating” compares the Wild West war cry of the Native American Indians to the sirens of the police and ambulances in New York suggesting that the emergency services are going into a battle zone and that modern day New York is just as savage and uncivilised as the Wild West era.
4. In “Brooklyn Cop” the metaphor “thin tissue over violence” suggests that the line between peace and violence is fragile and delicate and can burst through brutally at any time.
5. In “Brooklyn Cop” the rhetorical question “And who would be who have to be his victims?” suggests that it is inevitable that the cop will hurt people and that he can be so brutal that he ends up being as savage as the criminals. MacCaig is able to show us that there is a cycle of violence that cannot be broken easily
By referring to this poem, and at least one other poem by MacCaig, discuss how he creates vivid impressions of people suffering in his poems. (8)
1. In “Brooklyn Cop”, the poet describes the cop and how he suffers because of…
2. In “Assisi”, the poet describes a beggar and how he suffers because of …/In “Visiting Hour”, the poet describes a hospital patient and how she suffers because of …
3. BC - Quote and comment
4. VH/A/AJ quote and comment
5. VH/A/AJ quote and comment
2. How can we see this in at least one other poem? (1)
3. Quote and comment from poem in front of you (2)
4. Quote and comment from another poem (2)
5. Quote and comment from another poem (2)
Show how being separated from people and/or things is an important idea in his poetry.
1. In “Aunt Julia” we see that being separated from things is important. MacCaig feels separated from his aunt as they cannot communicate due to the language barrier. He warns the reader that we will be separated from our culture/skills and language if we do not foster these links.
2. In “Assisi” we see that the beggar is separated from society as a whole due to his deformities. He is ignored by the priest and tourists and ostracized from the church who should be helping him.
3. “She lay silenced in the absolute black of a sandy grave” (1) we can see that MacCaig is separated physically and permanently from his aunt here. He is frustrated that they could never communicate and now she is dead they will remain separate forever. (1)
4. “It was who had passed the ruined temple outside” (1) the beggar is ignored and isolated from society completely. He goes unnoticed by the tourists who would prefer to ignore that he is there. His deformities make them feel uncomfortable and they don’t want to help.
5. “A rush of tourists clucking contentedly, fluttered after him as he scattered the grain of the word” (1) MacCaig shows that the beggar is separated from the tourists as they do not care about him and instead hypocritically follow the priest instead. They show no care for him and yet try to be good Christians. I doing so they dehumanise and ignore the beggar right in front of them. (1)
By referring to this poem and to at least one other poem by MacCaig, discuss how he explores violence in his poems.
1. ‘Hotel Room, 12th Floor’ focuses on the brutal violence that takes place at night in New York that cannot be concealed by the wealth and showy buildings of the city during the day. It explores the darker more violent side of human nature.
2. ‘Brooklyn Cop’ focuses on a New York police officer who has to deal with savage, uncivilised violence from criminals and the fact that he too can cross the line and become brutal too.
3. In ‘Hotel Room, 12th Floor’ the metaphor “wildest of warwhoops continually ululating” compares the Wild West war cry of the Native American Indians to the sirens of the police and ambulances in New York suggesting that the emergency services are going into a battle zone and that modern day New York is just as savage and uncivilised as the Wild West era.
4. In “Brooklyn Cop” the metaphor “thin tissue over violence” suggests that the line between peace and violence is fragile and delicate and can burst through brutally at any time.
5. In “Brooklyn Cop” the rhetorical question “And who would be who have to be his victims?” suggests that it is inevitable that the cop will hurt people and that he can be so brutal that he ends up being as savage as the criminals. MacCaig is able to show us that there is a cycle of violence that cannot be broken easily
By referring to this poem, and at least one other poem by MacCaig, discuss how he creates vivid impressions of people suffering in his poems. (8)
1. In “Brooklyn Cop”, the poet describes the cop and how he suffers because of…
2. In “Assisi”, the poet describes a beggar and how he suffers because of …/In “Visiting Hour”, the poet describes a hospital patient and how she suffers because of …
3. BC - Quote and comment
4. VH/A/AJ quote and comment
5. VH/A/AJ quote and comment