Events
Theme
Characters
Structure
Misc.
100

This occurred inside of the drinking establishment near the beach of Dunkirk, France.

'Bar Fight'

100

This theme involves the moral implications of wrongdoings and the pursuit of making amends.

'Atonement'

100

The personage who the vase was awarded to.

'Uncle Clem'

100

The amount of 'books' that Atonement is broken into.

3

100

The name of Atonement's author.

'Ian McEwan'

200

What Robbie's mother hit the police-car with after his detention.

'Umbrella'

200

This theme pertains to the transition to adulthood and its complications.

'Maturity'

200

The other corporal in Part Two apart from Nettle.

'Mace'

200

The three time periods that  Atonement takes place in.

'1935 England, The Second World War England, and Present-day England'

200

The year Atonement was written.

2001

300

What Turner found in the tree in Part Two.

'Severed Leg'

300

This theme involves Briony's attitude and mental state after realizing her wrongdoing in retrospect.

'Guilt/Repentance'

300

The name of Briony's play.

'Trials of Arabella'

300

The number of years between Lola's assault and her wedding with Paul Marshall.

4

300

The year Atonement was adapted into a moving picture.

2007

400

What Briony was slashing in Chapter 7.

'Nettles'

400

This theme is indicated by Paul Marshall's clandestine offering of chocolate to Lola, as well as his commentary on her trousers.

'Perversion/Sexual Deviance'

400

The twin who soiled the bed.

'Jackson'

400

This is demonstrated by the gap in the plot between the end of Part One and beginning of Part Two.

'Relevance/Absolutism of Briony's actions'

400

The actor who plays Paul Marshall.

'Benedict Cumberbatch'

500

The magazine in which Briony published her novella.

'Horizon'

500

This theme revolves around the nature of observing things in different ways and varying personal interpretations.

'Essence of Perspective' 

500

The variety of dementia that Briony is has in Part 3.

'Vascular'

500

This is the cause for the ambiguity and incertitude of Robbie and Cecilia's fate.  

'Briony's unreliable narration'

500

The park that Briony and her friend Fiona visit to hear a band play.

'St. James's Park'

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