- Grade: HSC
- Subject: English Advanced
- Resource type: Notes
- Written by: N/A
- Year uploaded: 2016
- Page length: 4
- Subject: English Advanced
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| Technique | Example | Analysis/Discussion |
| Symbolism | “Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing.”
“BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”
“Here comes the chopper to chop off your head!” (part of the song about the churches of old London.)
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Telescreens – telescreens are a visible symbol as well as the direct means of the Party’s constant monitoring of its subjects. They also symbolise the tendency of totalitarian governments to abuse technology.
Big Brother – the ultimate figure of Oceania, is everywhere. A moustached man who is always watching. This symbol strikes both loyalty and fear in the people. They worship this icon, but are continually kept afraid of his power.
Glass Paperweight & St. Clementine’s Church – These items are symbols of the past that, because of the Party’s control, no longer have any basis in “reality.” When the Thought Police come to lead Winston and Julia away, the glass paperweight is shattered on the ground and symbolise Winston’s shattered chances at recovering the past.
Red armed prole woman – Winston sees this woman as a symbol of freedom. Party members never sing, but hearing her song through the window of his rented room fills Winston – and soon, Julia – with hope for the future. What is this hope? That the proles will become cognizant of their plight and rebel against the Party. Winston and Julia also acknowledge the Prole woman as a symbol of reproductive virility, and thereby, hope for the future. They see her as “beautiful” because of her wideness, largeness, and toughness |
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