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Mind Map by Annabel Hovenden, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Annabel Hovenden
about 8 years ago
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The sign of four themes
- Victorian fear
- fear of others
- Tonga
represents
this
- "this savage distorted creature"
- tonga is represented as less than
human. he is 'savage' and
'distorred supporting the
Victorian belief that other races
were somehow dangerous
- tonga is represented as less than
human. he is 'savage' and
'distorred supporting the
Victorian belief that other races
were somehow dangerous
- "this savage distorted creature"
- Tonga
represents
this
- fear of the
underclass
- "I have a natural
shrinking from all
forms of rough
materlism I seldom
come in contact
with the rough
crowd"
- 'natural shrinking'
suggests Thaddeus
Sholto keeps himself
separate from other
social classes and
surrounds himself
with elegance
- 'Rough crowd' suggests
Thaddeus is scared of people
who are different from him.
He embodies the fear of
mixing with uncivilised people
and surrounds himself with
art
- 'Rough crowd' suggests
Thaddeus is scared of people
who are different from him.
He embodies the fear of
mixing with uncivilised people
and surrounds himself with
art
- 'natural shrinking'
suggests Thaddeus
Sholto keeps himself
separate from other
social classes and
surrounds himself
with elegance
- "I have a natural
shrinking from all
forms of rough
materlism I seldom
come in contact
with the rough
crowd"
- fear of discovery
- major sholto lives in fear of
discovery
- "He was very fearful of going out alone,
and he always employed two prize fighters
to act as porters at Pondicherry Lodge"
- the adverb "very" emphasises how scared his is.
- Major Sholto lives under self imposed house arrest
- Makes the reader want to know why he is so
scared, what he has done to feel so feared and
who is after him. As we would expect this of
someone who is in the army
- The reader would then find out he is in fear of
the discovery of his greed making us want to
know how in the first place he got this
treasure
- The reader would then find out he is in fear of
the discovery of his greed making us want to
know how in the first place he got this
treasure
- Makes the reader want to know why he is so
scared, what he has done to feel so feared and
who is after him. As we would expect this of
someone who is in the army
- Major Sholto lives under self imposed house arrest
- the adverb "very" emphasises how scared his is.
- "He was very fearful of going out alone,
and he always employed two prize fighters
to act as porters at Pondicherry Lodge"
- major sholto lives in fear of
discovery
- fear of others
- Empire and Imperialism
- luxury and wealth associated with the idea of empire
- "two great tiger skins thrown athwart it
increased the suggestion of eastern
luxury"
- Sholtos apartment is lavishly decorated with items from the east
- Sholtos apartment is lavishly decorated with items from the east
- "two great tiger skins thrown athwart it
increased the suggestion of eastern
luxury"
- the character tonga is represented as less than human
- "this savages instincts of his companion had broke out"
- this shows people from
imperialised countries are
seen as savage this is idea
that his instincts would be
murderous creates a crude
Image of the islander
- Backs up Victorians ideas of
empire in which colonised people
were seen as savage
- Backs up Victorians ideas of
empire in which colonised people
were seen as savage
- this shows people from
imperialised countries are
seen as savage this is idea
that his instincts would be
murderous creates a crude
Image of the islander
- "this savages instincts of his companion had broke out"
- Small suggests that tonga was
devoted to him as if he were God
- "He was staunch and true was little tonga. No man ever
had more faithful mate"
- the devotion shown by Tonga seems
niave and reflects the attitudes of
Victorian Society
- the adjecting "small" is patronising and
lacks empathy or respect for the
islander
- the adjecting "small" is patronising and
lacks empathy or respect for the
islander
- the devotion shown by Tonga seems
niave and reflects the attitudes of
Victorian Society
- "He was staunch and true was little tonga. No man ever
had more faithful mate"
- luxury and wealth associated with the idea of empire
- Evil and Justice
- Miss morstan and her missing Father
- miss morstand shows holmes a letter received
that says she deserves justice.
- "You are a wronged women and shall have justice"
- Mystery is established and the
reader is intrigued to find out
what justice she is owed
- Mystery is established and the
reader is intrigued to find out
what justice she is owed
- "You are a wronged women and shall have justice"
- miss morstand shows holmes a letter received
that says she deserves justice.
- The character of Tonga is presented as the
embodiment of evil in the novel
- "never have I seen features so deeply
marked with bestiality and cruelty"
- when Watson sees the
islander on the boat, he is
struckwith the savage
appearance of the man
(goes with imperialism)
- when Watson sees the
islander on the boat, he is
struckwith the savage
appearance of the man
(goes with imperialism)
- "never have I seen features so deeply
marked with bestiality and cruelty"
- Major Sholto on his death confessed to
his greed
- "the cursed greed which has been my
besetting sin through life has withheld from
her the treasure"
- Sholto hides the death of miss morstans father out of fear
and hides her entitlement to the treasure out of green, this
greed can been seen as evil
- Sholto hides the death of miss morstans father out of fear
and hides her entitlement to the treasure out of green, this
greed can been seen as evil
- "the cursed greed which has been my
besetting sin through life has withheld from
her the treasure"
- Miss morstan and her missing Father
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