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Title: 'Brave New World' - Critics Flashcards
Description: Complete, comprehensive ready-made flashcards for Component 2 (comparative and contextual study in Dystopian literature) OCR A Level English Literature, but could alternatively be useful for any course where you study Huxley's 'Brave New World'. All of the critics you need to gain maximum marks for AO5 (different interpretations), organised by theme. Themes covered are: Oppression, Individual vs State, Gender & Relationships, Rebellion, Religion & Politics, Language, Moral Fable, Dehumanisation and Ideological control. Very easy to assemble; simply print, fold and prit stick! Combine with my 'Brave New World' context flashcards for easy, comprehensive revision.

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Oppression



“people embrace their oppression willingly” Fan



“adore the technologies that undo their
capacities to think” - Postman



“Non-stop distraction of the most fascinating
nature
...
women are still treated as lesser” Lloyd



“seems to be complying with the patriarchy by
merely - and clumsily - reflecting back the
present” - Kon



“(Bernard) lacks the moral courage to suffer
for freedom” - Higgins



“(Bernard's rebellion against the World State is
a) shallow, cowardly farce” - Higgins



“(John’s) death puts an end to the possibility
of living independently outside the dystopia” Higgins



“(the World State citizens) cannot ever hope to
transcend the identity forced upon them by
their class” - Matus



“(Bernard) at once longs for and scorns the
joys of his world” - Higgins

‘Brave New World’ critics

Rebellion
‘Brave New World’ critics

Religion & Politics



“conditioned so they'll never be alone and think
about the possibility of God” - Birnbaum



“Victorian religiosity has been channelled into
the worship of an invented deity” - Atwood



“religion of consumerism with Henry Ford as
its God” - Higgins



“dystopian literature is never far removed from
the politics of its time” - Matus



“(the conditioning of the World State’s citizens)
equips them with a parody of meaningful
discourse” - Sherborne



“(ideal in language is for) humans to achieve
the predictable, standardised discourse of a
machine” - Sherborne



“words form perception, shape behaviour and
even inspire direct action” - Higgins

‘Brave New World’ critics

Language
‘Brave New World’ critics

Moral Fable



“I'm all for satire
Title: 'Brave New World' - Critics Flashcards
Description: Complete, comprehensive ready-made flashcards for Component 2 (comparative and contextual study in Dystopian literature) OCR A Level English Literature, but could alternatively be useful for any course where you study Huxley's 'Brave New World'. All of the critics you need to gain maximum marks for AO5 (different interpretations), organised by theme. Themes covered are: Oppression, Individual vs State, Gender & Relationships, Rebellion, Religion & Politics, Language, Moral Fable, Dehumanisation and Ideological control. Very easy to assemble; simply print, fold and prit stick! Combine with my 'Brave New World' context flashcards for easy, comprehensive revision.