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Setting in Star of the Sea

Setting in Star of the Sea. Becky Farmer, Ashley Franey , Sam Moheban , and Tiffany Petru. Historical Context. The Great Famine Diaspora of the Irish Growing Irish nationalist movement Connemara Eviction of Tenants Absentee Landlords East End of London Famous thieves

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Setting in Star of the Sea

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  1. Setting in Star of the Sea Becky Farmer, Ashley Franey, Sam Moheban, and Tiffany Petru

  2. Historical Context • The Great Famine • Diaspora of the Irish • Growing Irish nationalist movement • Connemara • Eviction of Tenants • Absentee Landlords • East End of London • Famous thieves • Vibrant and Diverse • Irish Immigration to the USA • Quarantine and disease • Anti-Immigration feeling

  3. Victorian Values in the Time Period • Chapter headings • A Time of Troubles • Values (science, religion, politics (reform/working), gender, social conditions (England head power) • Mention of famous authors and works • Paradise Lost, Doctor Faustus • Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats • Role of artists • Merridith: drawing, painting • Dixon: writing/journalism • Reflects time • “Setting simply has that domineering effect of encompassing the reader into the world of the writer’s creation.” Sarah Widger, UNL

  4. Murder Set Up • Setting Creates: • Means • Distractions take attention away from murder • Crowds and noise make it easy for murderer to get away • Motive • Close quarters of the ship heighten tensions • Many sick, starving, desperate passengers

  5. Foreshadowing • Pius Mulvey • “Sea was knife-gray” (O’Connor 24) • Ethan Nichols (UNL) • “This description is both great to the reader's imagination and foretelling of what kind of killing may come later on.” • Whale • Head wound • “noble” • Weather • Storms • Time of day

  6. Pictures • http://media.photobucket.com/image/chalk%20murder/angels8591/chalk_outline.jpg?o=3 • http://media.photobucket.com/image/victorian%20lady/Goedemoed/Victorian/aa_victorian_lady.jpg?o=15 • http://media.photobucket.com/image/star%20of%20the%20sea/FValbum/Sea%20Star/Sea-Star_mfp2.jpg?o=10 • http://media.photobucket.com/image/connemara/ChrisHXS/connemara.jpg?o=5 • http://media.photobucket.com/image/whale/Aridawnia/BlueWhale1.jpg?o=1 • http://media.photobucket.com/image/ship%20storm/loners_revenge01/ship_storm.jpg?o=1

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