Fill in the gap: "the village had ＿＿＿＿＿, people had left for the towns" Narrator, Chapter 1

Answer: "the village had shrunk , people had left for the towns"

Fill in the gap: "I am the King, I am the ＿＿＿＿＿" Narrator (Charles's thoughts), Chapter 12

Answer: "I am the King, I am the King "

Fill in the gap: "Something will ＿＿＿＿＿ to you, Kingshaw" Edmund, Chapter 17

Answer: "Something will happen to you, Kingshaw"

Fill in the gap: "it was because of ＿＿＿＿＿, I did that" Narrator (Hooper's thoughts), Chapter 17

Answer: "it was because of me , I did that"

Key quote: "I shall not be a struggling, lonely woman now" Narrator (Mrs Kingshaw's thoughts), Chapter 17

Analysis This is dramatic irony : Mrs Kingshaw hopes she will no longer be lonely in the very chapter her son dies. It shows how blind she is to Charles's suffering.

Key quote: "He liked being alone, because he was used to it, he was safe with himself" Narrator (Charles), Chapter 4

Analysis Charles feels safe only when he is alone. This suggests a loveless upbringing has taught him to protect himself through isolation .

Key quote: "He could recall nothing of himself at the same age except that he had loathed his own father" Narrator (Mr Hooper), Chapter 4

Analysis Mr Hooper 'loathed' his own father, showing a cycle of cold parenting passed down the family. It hints that Edmund's cruelty is learned , not natural.

Key quote: "When my father dies ... this house will belong to me, I shall be master. It'll all be mine" Edmund, Chapter 2

Analysis Edmund uses property and status as a weapon. The repeated 'mine' shows him asserting his power over the homeless Charles.

Key quote: "Maybe I put you in here just because I felt like it" Edmund, Chapter 11

Analysis Edmund's cruelty has no real motive; he hurts Charles simply because he feels like it. This makes his behaviour feel cold and deliberate .

Key quote: "All he looks like ... is one of his dead old moths" Edmund, Chapter 1

Analysis Edmund's cold simile compares his dead grandfather to 'one of his dead old moths'. His lack of feeling introduces the novel's death imagery .

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I'm the King of the Castle (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE English Literature): Flashcards

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Fill in the gap: "the village had ＿＿＿＿＿, people had left for the towns"
Narrator, Chapter 1

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Cards in this collection (10)

Fill in the gap: "the village had ＿＿＿＿＿, people had left for the towns"
Narrator, Chapter 1
Answer: "the village had shrunk, people had left for the towns"
Fill in the gap: "I am the King, I am the ＿＿＿＿＿"
Narrator (Charles's thoughts), Chapter 12
Answer: "I am the King, I am the King"
Fill in the gap: "Something will ＿＿＿＿＿ to you, Kingshaw"
Edmund, Chapter 17
Answer: "Something will happen to you, Kingshaw"
Fill in the gap: "it was because of ＿＿＿＿＿, I did that"
Narrator (Hooper's thoughts), Chapter 17
Answer: "it was because of me, I did that"
Key quote: "I shall not be a struggling, lonely woman now"
Narrator (Mrs Kingshaw's thoughts), Chapter 17
Analysis
This is dramatic irony: Mrs Kingshaw hopes she will no longer be lonely in the very chapter her son dies. It shows how blind she is to Charles's suffering.
Key quote: "He liked being alone, because he was used to it, he was safe with himself"
Narrator (Charles), Chapter 4
Analysis
Charles feels safe only when he is alone. This suggests a loveless upbringing has taught him to protect himself through isolation.
Key quote: "He could recall nothing of himself at the same age except that he had loathed his own father"
Narrator (Mr Hooper), Chapter 4
Analysis
Mr Hooper 'loathed' his own father, showing a cycle of cold parenting passed down the family. It hints that Edmund's cruelty is learned, not natural.
Key quote: "When my father dies ... this house will belong to me, I shall be master. It'll all be mine"
Edmund, Chapter 2
Analysis
Edmund uses property and status as a weapon. The repeated 'mine' shows him asserting his power over the homeless Charles.
Key quote: "Maybe I put you in here just because I felt like it"
Edmund, Chapter 11
Analysis
Edmund's cruelty has no real motive; he hurts Charles simply because he feels like it. This makes his behaviour feel cold and deliberate.
Key quote: "All he looks like ... is one of his dead old moths"
Edmund, Chapter 1
Analysis
Edmund's cold simile compares his dead grandfather to 'one of his dead old moths'. His lack of feeling introduces the novel's death imagery.

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