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    Year Of Wonders Essay 2 Whilst Anys and Aphra are minor characters‚ they still play an important role in the novel‚ do you agree? Introduction: In the historical novel The Year Of Wonders‚ Although the author Geraldine Brooks portrays both Anys and Aphra as support characters‚ both Anys and Aphra play an important role in the novel‚ this will be explored in three ways‚ Anys’s view on the patriarchal society and how she effects the town‚ Aphra’s importance in the town and her influence on Anna

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    Mompellion and also in her care for his horse Anteros.  However‚ she refers to herself as a servant and you have all picked up on the fact that her behaviour does not at all resemble that of a servant.  This foreshadows the tremendous journey (that ‘Year of Wonders’) the reader is about to see Anna embark on. Chapter Notes: Ring of Roses Refers to children’s rhyme supposedly about the plague. Certainly echoes the plague sores that are found on George Viccars body during this chapter. The chapter

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    “The plague will make heroes of us all... and these times‚ they do make monsters of us all. The plague brings out the very best and very worst in people” is this how you see Year of Wonders? ‘Year of Wonders written by Geraldine Brooks creates an extraordinary sense of perception between the ordinary situations in the daily life of Eyam and the extremities that the village must face in order to survive. Both the antagonist and protagonist carry out actions that define the very worst and very best

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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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    Brooks’s historical novel Year of wonders expresses sides of human nature that are seen when adversity hits. In tragedy people are faced with terrifying experiences and struggles which change who they are. This can be or for better or worse. Anna is changed into a strong independent women and she thrives to help others in the town. While Michael Mompellion starts out in favour of conducting isolation for the towns peoples safety‚ but he later becomes a changed man and closes off when his wife Elinor

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    Year of Wonders is an historical novel based around the village of Eyam‚ which quarantined itself between 1665 and 1666 when the plague arrives from a traveller from London. As the plague sweeps through the town of Eyam the population is slowly getting smaller and more fearful‚ the writer explores the variety of reactions that are possible when small communities are ravaged by tragedy. Many of the characters kept their values but lose faith in God‚ only some people’s values are tainted when they

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    Year of Wonders suggests that adversity brings out the best and the worst in people.’ Do you agree? In Year of Wonders‚ Geraldine Brooks recounts the tale of a small 17th century English village afflicted by the plague‚ through the honest and reliable narration of Anna Frith. The novel’s title alludes to the idea that though the plague is devastating‚ it gives rise to "wonders". Brooks presents to readers an insightful exploration of the diverse reactions that people can have to adverse circumstances

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    Year of Wonders: Practice essay This text demonstrates the difficulties of holding on to faith in times of adversity. Discuss. Geraldine Brook’s novel ‘Year of Wonders’ is a true story of Eyam‚ a small village in the north of England‚ which made the remarkable decision to voluntarily quarantine itself when struck by the plague in 1665. Set during the restoration England where Puritan Christians were losing their battle against the Church of England to simplify practices‚ Brook’s explores how

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    novel ‘Year of Wonders’ many characters worlds change throughout the book as a result of the plague. In particular Aphra Bont‚ Anna Frith and Michael Mompellion. Aphra is living in a world where she is now alone and starts to go insane. Michael‚ the once respected town Rector loses his faith after the death of his wife and Anna Frith‚ the main protagonist of the novel and a very courageous one at that as she tackles the plague head on. Aphra Bont‚ the stepmother of Anna and the wife of Joss Bont was

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    characterize each of the following—write a brief list of qualities of personality and role in the village next to each. Anna Frith – Michael Mompellian— Elinor Mompellian – Mem Gowdie – Anys Gowdie – George Viccars – Josiah Bont (Anna’s father) – • This is the chapter in which the plague arrives at the village. How does Brooks imply that it arrives? • What are the symptoms of the plague? The Thunder of His Voice • In what ways are Anna and Anys similar

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