• tone, pathetic fallacy
• reflection of characters
• demonstrates social hierarchy
• context
• influences events
• characters have somewhere to be
The Road
The cellar
~ illustrates the decay of humanity 'an ungodly stench'
~ Horror 'oh Christ', tension, fear 'dance of terror'; stands out in the novel, nothing else is as memorable
~ underneath the road things happen that people do not see
The bunker
~ food store 'hundreds of gallons of water'
~ built to save people from the apocalypse, it didn't serve its purpose as no one survived 'someone thought it might be needed'
~ safe 'they wont find us', secure, civilised, the man and the boy should never have left 'the richness of a vanished world'
~ In the back garden of a house 'across the yard'
The Great Gatsby
The garage
~ in the 'valley of ashes', a no mans land between civilisation
~ everything is the same shade if grey 'grey land and the spasms of bleak dust'
~ Old, dirty, plain, dusty
~ Hard working people 'ash-grey men'
Gatsby's mansion
~ reflection of the roaring 20's 'the party has begun'
~ superficial 'came for the party'
~ extravagant and out going 'alive with chatter and laughter'
~ parties, indulgence, new, life 'the champagne and the stars'
Browning poems
Porphyria's Lover
~ in the middle of nowhere, she is hiding her lover away from the world 'withdrew the dripping cloak'
~ cottage, on the fringe of society
~ contrast in the warmth 'all the cottage warm' of the fire and the strength of the storm 'shut the cold out and the storm'
The Laboratory
~ secretive 'better sit us, and observe thy strange things'
~ hidden from everyone 'empty church'
~ masked ' trying thy mask tightly'
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The boat
~ unsafe, uncontrolled, supernatural 'pursued with yell and blow'
~ Isolated, physical journey 'nor shapes of men or beasts we ken': representative of a spiritual journey
~ medium of transport ' the ship drive fast'
The land (hermit)
~ safe, contact with other life, rescue 'it is the hermit good!'
~ cleansing of sins 'he'll shrivel my soul, he'll wash away the albatross's blood'
~ end of the mariners journey 'I stood on the firm land'
