Characterization
A former Hollywood actor who dies on stage during a production of King Lear, characterized as charismatic and ambitious, yet self-centered and emotionally detached.
Who is Arthur Leander?
The symphony’s motto, and a central theme of the book.
What is “Survival is insufficient”?
The point of view Station Eleven is told from.
What is third person omniscient
This group symbolizes the persistence and necessity of art - even in chaos - and connectivity in a broken world.
What is the traveling symphony?
The name of the disease that wiped out most of humanity in Station Eleven.
What is the Georgian flu?
A member of the Traveling Symphony who values art and survival, carries many mementos of life before the pandemic, characterized as being resilient and resourceful.
Who is Kirsten Raymonde?
Shown by both the travelling symphony and the prophet, and the enduring nature of the many communities still present after the collapse.
What are themes of hope and resilience?
A method frequently used in station eleven to provide context on a character or object.
What is a flashback?
An object carried by Kirsten that connects her to her past and serves as a reminder of the fleeting, yet meaningful nature of life.
What is Kirsten’s Tabloid collection.
Kirsten and august frequently like to scavenge these places.
What are abandoned homes and buildings?
One of Arthur’s wives, characterized as creative and introspective as she creates Dr. Eleven, imbued with her emotions and struggles. Shown to be insecure as she often views other women to be superior to her.
Who is Miranda Carroll?
A result of the many interlinking narratives, and the nature of both the travelling symphony and the prophet.
What is the theme of connectivity?
This character often is the focus of the narrator in the post-collapse world.
Who is Kirsten?
The town symbolizes and foreshadows a figure of judgement and self-proclaimed light.
What is St. Deborah by the Water
The flu originated in this country.
What is Georgia?
Leader of a religious cult, characterized as idealistic and manipulative, using religion and his ideas to spread his influence and gain power and control in the post-collapse world.
Who is the Prophet?
Shown by the goal of the travelling symphony, and the comic book series Kirsten owns.
What is the persistence of art?
This character is often the focus of the narrator in the pre-collapse world, and has connections to almost every character in the book.
Who is Arthur?
An object carried by Kirsten that serves as a metaphor for the post-collapse world, and shows Kirsten's fascination with art and the old world
What is Station Eleven?
The name of the play the Travelling Symphony preformed on their arrival to St. Deborah by the Water.
What is a Midsummers Night Dream?
Went from being paparazzi to a paramedic, claimed to be missing in the post-collapse world, characterized as being empathetic and altruistic, showed deep concern for a withering Arthur and his girlfriend during the initial shock of the Georgia flu.
Who is Jeevan Chaudhary?
Shown by the relationships between the different members of the symphony, and the art they travel and perform.
What is the connective nature of art?
The chronological structure of Station Eleven.
What is a non-linear or disrupted narrative?
An object carried by Kirsten that represents connectivity in a broken world, and the persistence of beauty in chaos.
What is the paperweight?
Miranda dated this man before she dated Arthur.
Who is Pablo?