brief description of the character including their role in the novel and relationship to other characters (include relevant quotes or references) • List character traits and provide evidence to support each one Main Characters Anna Frith Michael Mompellion Elinor Mompellion Josiah (Joss) Bont Aphra Bont Elizabeth Bradford Colonel Bradford Anys Gowdie Other Characters For each of these characters‚ write a brief description of their roles in the novel and their relationships:
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become resilience in crisis. As entire families were wiped out‚ Anna frith had suffered an extreme trauma throughout the novel of Geraldine Brooks. We observe Anna’s thoughts about the mine ‘I had been afraid of mines long before’ due to at the start of the novel‚ Anna loses her loved husband whilst he was working in the mine. Even though her husband’s death was not a result of the plague‚ it still had depicted he weakness of Anna Frith. Due to the result of the extreme trauma plague had unleashed
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to the town by cloths Anna is urged by Mr Mompellion to burn Viccars belongings and Anys Gowdie being a customer of his rejects his advice. ‘Burn it all! Burn it all! For the love of god burn it’ Anna Frith is the central character and narrator. A young woman who becomes a healer and midwife. Anna speaks low of her father who was always found at the tavern‚ ‘My father loved a pot better then he loved his children’. She supports the mompellions through the plague year. Anna has strength thought
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just like Josiah her husband. Anna there step daughter ‘was always a pair of hands before I [she] was a person. Aphra was very much a bystander in Anna’s life‚ especially when it came to Josiah beating her‚ Aphra’s only remark was when he struck her on the face ‘ for we’ll never marry her off’ only thinking of herself and not Anna’s wellbeing. Perhaps the only good thing Aphra ever done for Anna was encourage her marriage to Sam Frith ‘Better she be bedded early to Frith than bedded untimely by some
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English village‚ Eyam in 1665-1666 all transform in extensive ways. Those characters who survive the bubonic plague all experience dramatic changes in meaningful ways. These changes are displayed in the characters Anna Frith‚ Michael Mompellion and Elinor Mompellion. The plague has pushed Anna Frith to react in unexpected ways as she displays change‚ leading her to move overseas and attempt to start her life fresh. Michael Mompellion also shows that because of the plague‚ he has been brought to the point
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Elinor’s relationship with Anna is highlighted as one filled with care and compassion. This is demonstrated through Elinor’s intuition that she provides to Anna. Anna benefits immensely from Elinor’s assistance‚ “Within a year of her coming” Elinor teaches Anna to read as well as providing her with lessons in all aspects of life. Elinor therefore provides the change for Anna and assists her to change. Anna craves Elinor’s teaching as Elinor never let “a minute pass
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contrasting to the times is the reactions of Anna Frith‚ but is she really the hero of the hour? When one looks at the work of Elinor Mompellion‚ could it be that she was the one who stepped up to save the day with her calm demeanour and intelligence? 80 Intro 2. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks give us a detailed narrative into the horrors of the plague. Throughout the story we see many heroic and brave actions‚ most notable those of Anna Frith‚ though it could be said that she was not the
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Year of Wonders Essay ‘Anna Frith‚ a women who had faced more terrors than many warriors…’ It is the women in the text that prove to be stronger in the face of adversity. To what extent do you agree? Geraldine Brooks’ novel ‘Year of Wonders’ discovers the strength of women throughout the year of the bubonic plague in 1666. Anna Frith‚ along with Elinor Mompellion and the Gowdie’s‚ are all seen as heroine figures throughout the hardship. There are several female characters in ‘Year of Wonders
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forth‚ changing the nature of individuals completely. // It is evident that not only the monstrous traits of Josiah Bont and the paranoia‚ hysteria and doubt that drove the ravenous lynch mob‚ but also the selflessness and courage that allowed Anna Frith and Brand to become heroes were evident before the plague‚ the plague was the catalyst that allowed many to act on these attributes. Avarice was discernible before the disaster‚ but the Plague brought out the true cut-throat nature of individuals
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“I wished to know how things stood in the world”. For Anna‚ the year of the plague is about a journey from ignorance to knowledge. Discuss. In the extraordinary novel‚ Year of Wonders‚ Geraldine Brooks exposes the difficult yet admirable life of Anna Frith‚ trapped in a community caught in desperate times. As the plague strikes this small village‚ ignorance and a fear of the unknown become dominant sensations in Eyam in 1666-1667. Anna is completely unaware of the opportunities to grow and succeed
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