Small Things Like These
Town in which the novella is set.
New Ross
This character sleepwalks and utters the famous words, “Out, damned spot!”
Lady Macbeth
The name of the poem in which Heaney compares his wife to this nocturnal animal.
The Skunk
Meehan's mother 'fed up' throws her father's wages in the fire in which poem?
Yeah in which the last Magdalen Laundry closed.
1996
Name two aspects of the mode Cultural Context
Setting
Religion
Gender
Power/Authority
Matriarch/Patriarch
Values
Class
He was Macbeth’s best friend—until Macbeth arranged for his murder.
Banquo
In The Underground, Heaney compares himself and his wife to characters from this classical myth about the underworld.
Heaney compares himself and his wife to Orpheus and Eurydice.
Meehan's poetry explores these types of issues...
“‘there’s girls out there that get in _________, that much you [Bill] do know.’ The blow was cheap”
“‘there’s girls out there that get in trouble, that much you [Bill] do know.’ The blow was cheap”
Withholding information links to what mode?
Literary Genre
The witches tell Macbeth that he cannot be harmed by any man “born of” this type of birth.
Born of woman
In A Constable Calls, Heaney describes the constable’s departure, using this short, sharp phrase to capture the fear it left behind.
Heaney describes the constable’s departure with the phrase: “And the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.”
In the Pattern 'what' brought her mother to her knees?
'_______ had brought her to her knees'
History
“such things had nothing to do with them, and that there was nothing they could do [. . .] If you want to get on in life, there’s things you need to ___________, so you can ______ on”
“such things had nothing to do with them, and that there was nothing they could do [. . .] If you want to get on in life, there’s things you need to ignore, so you can keep on”
Five linking words to compare and contrast
Likewise
In the same way
Just as
Equally
Both... and
In a similar manner
Like
Just like
However
On the other hand
In contrast
Unlike
On the contrary
Whereas
Although
While
Despite this
Nevertheless
Lady Macbeth frequently refers to this element as a metaphor for guilt, even saying it won’t “wash” away.
Blood
In A Call, Heaney reflects on the passage of time as he listens to his father at work, saying, “Next thing he spoke and I nearly said” this phrase.
Heaney writes, “Next thing he spoke and I nearly said I loved him,” capturing the unspoken emotions between father and son.
In 'The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks', what does the girl push out? 'and she pushed her _________ out into the night,
far from the town tucked up in little scandals,'
Secret
Name and occupation of Bill's likely father
Ned- Farmhand for Mrs Wilson
( handyman/driver)- accepted
Five core aspects for GVVP
When speaking about betrayal, Lady Macbeth tells her husband to “Look like the innocent flower, but be” this instead.
Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't” to deceive others.
Heaney ends Mossbawn Sunlight with a simile for love - what is it... ' And here is love ...
like a tinsmith’s scoop
sunk past its gleam
in the meal-bin.
Complete this quote and name the poem
The scream, the siren the knock on the door
'____ _______ __ ___ ______
___ _____ __ ___ _____'
The needle in its track
The knife in the back
Prayer for the Children of Longing