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// As a general rule, nature is viewed as untameable, unable to be fully controlled. Nature is a metaphor for the plagues outbreak as it was unable to be controlled as it infected those which it chose whereas some were spared who had the greatest risk of infection. This is evidence that the plague had its own mind. The metaphor continues as the quote goes on about nature reclaiming its place. This means that nature is going back to the way it should be, as it was prior to evolution. Metaphorically this is saying that the plague will also return to normal, that is that it will begin to cease, as it does. // . //**“For hundreds of years, the people of this village pushed nature back from its precincts. It has taken less than a year to begin to reclaim its place.” **// //As a general rule, nature is viewed as untameable, unable to be fully controlled. Nature is a metaphor for the plagues outbreak as it was unable to be controlled as it infected those which it chose whereas some were spared who had the greatest risk of infection. This is evidence that the plague had its own mind. The metaphor continues as the quote goes on about nature reclaiming its place. This means that nature is going back to the way it should be, as it was prior to evolution. Metaphorically this is saying that the plague will also return to normal, that is that it will begin to cease, as it does. // [|obriesam]
 * // “For hundreds of years, the people of this village pushed nature back from its precincts. It has taken less than a year to begin to reclaim its place.” //**

Random Quotes and their explanations

“Who amongst us would not seize such a chance? Dear friends, I believe we must accept this gift. It is a casket of gold! Let us plunge in our hands to the elbows and carry away these riches!” (pg 102)

Mr. Mompellion says this within the sermon given to the village when he proposes the idea of quarantine to save them. Mompellion believe believes that the plague was given to them from God himself as a challenge, to test them. He uses very biblical and visual language by referring to the opportunity to fight against the plague as gold, a possession that can be obtained. By saying “plunge in our hands to the elbows” shows that he wants to go all in, not just a little bit, but invest everything they can to beat this. 

‘You killed my family, hag!’ – (89) Mary Hadfield accuses old Mem Gowdie of witchcraft. Mary Hadfield, Anna’s neighbour has lost most of her family members to the plague and uses Mem Gowdie as a scapegoat. As superstitions increase around the village, an angry drunken mob forms, persecuting Mem Gowdie for her herbal knowledge and accusing her of ‘dealing with the devil’. They severely beat Mem and go to throw her in a flooded old mine shaft, to test if shes floats or sinks. When Mem sinks they all are momentarily brought to their senses, feeling guilty for throwing an innocent down the shaft. Anys rescues Mem and resuscitates her then the crowd turns on her, claiming she must be a witch as she ‘can raise the dead’. The plague breeds fear, superstition and mistrust amongst the villagers of Eyam, turning them against one another and bringing out the evils from within them, as demonstrated in this crucial scene.

“ Let the boundaries of this village become our whole world. Let none enter and none leave while this plague lasts” page 104

This is being said by the Rector Mompellion. At this point in the novel he is making the decision to quarantine the village. This decision made is the most striking example of sacrifice in the text. Michaels clear intention was to protect the wider world from the plague. In Type in the content of your page here. [|darcylau]

Random Quotes and their explanations

“Who amongst us would not seize such a chance? Dear friends, I believe we must accept this gift. It is a casket of gold! Let us plunge in our hands to the elbows and carry away these riches!” (pg 102)

Mr. Mompellion says this within the sermon given to the village when he proposes the idea of quarantine to save them. Mompellion believe that the plague was given to them from God himself as a challenge, to test them. He uses very biblical and visual language by referring to the opportunity to fight against the plague as gold, a possession that can be obtained. By saying “plunge in our hands to the elbows” shows that he wants to go all in, not just a little bit, but invest everything they can to beat this.  ‘You killed my family, hag!’ – (89) Mary Hadfield accuses old Mem Gowdie of witchcraft. Mary Hadfield, Anna’s neighbour has lost most of her family members to the plague and uses Mem Gowdie as a scapegoat. As superstitions increase around the village, an angry drunken mob forms, persecuting Mem Gowdie for her herbal knowledge and accusing her of ‘dealing with the devil’. They severely beat Mem and go to throw her in a flooded old mine shaft, to test if shes floats or sinks. When Mem sinks they all are momentarily brought to their senses, feeling guilty for throwing an innocent down the shaft. Anys rescues Mem and resuscitates her then the crowd turns on her, claiming she must be a witch as she ‘can raise the dead’. The plague breeds fear, superstition and mistrust amongst the villagers of Eyam, turning them against one another and bringing out the evils from within them, as demonstrated in this crucial scene.

“ Let the boundaries of this village become our whole world. Let none enter and none leave while this plague lasts” page 104 This is being said by the Rector Mompellion. At this point in the novel he is making the decision to quarantine the village. This decision made is the most striking example of sacrifice in the text. Michaels clear intention was to protect the wider world from the plague. In Type in the content of your page here. [|VictorKrum]

Mr. Mompellion was once a religious man, not anymore. Throughout the novel his faith diminishes, his mind becomes dark. ‘His hand is on the bible, but he never opens it. Not anymore.’ He believes that it is his fault, ‘because of me, many are dead who might have saved themselves.’ Geraldine Brooks explores the effect of fear and suffering on the individual. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[|dunstemm]

"And now it seems that there is no God, and i was wrong. In what i asked of Elinor. In what i asked of myself..in what i asked of this village. Because of me, many are dead who might have saved themselves. I thought i spoke for God. My whole life, all i have done, all i have said, has been based upon a lie.".

These are the words of Rector Michael Mompellion in his weakest and darkest hour of Year of Wonders. Mompellion, after losing his wife Elinor, reaches his breaking point and enters into a spiral of depression and despair. Throughout the novel Mompellion is presented as a man of courage, vision and religious faith who encourages the villagers to enter self quarantine. His vision ultimateley saves the lives of many and allows the village to repent the sins they had commited our of fear. But Mompellion in a state of grief allows his past achievments to be overshadowed by his own personal sufferings. Seamusfinnigan

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Random Quotes and their explanations <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">“Who amongst us would not seize such a chance? Dear friends, I believe we must accept this gift. It is a casket of gold! Let us plunge in our hands to the elbows and carry away these riches!” (pg 102)

Mr. Mompellion says this within the sermon given to the village when he proposes the idea of quarantine to save them. Mompellion believe that the plague was given to them from God himself as a challenge, to test them. He uses very biblical and visual language by referring to the opportunity to fight against the plague as gold, a possession that can be obtained. By saying “plunge in our hands to the elbows” shows that he wants to go all in, not just a little bit, but invest everything they can to beat this. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">

‘You killed my family, hag!’ – (89) Mary Hadfield accuses old Mem Gowdie of witchcraft. Mary Hadfield, Anna’s neighbour has lost most of her family members to the plague and uses Mem Gowdie as a scapegoat. As superstitions increase around the village, an angry drunken mob forms, persecuting Mem Gowdie for her herbal knowledge and accusing her of ‘dealing with the devil’. They severely beat Mem and go to throw her in a flooded old mine shaft, to test if shes floats or sinks. When Mem sinks they all are momentarily brought to their senses, feeling guilty for throwing an innocent down the shaft. Anys rescues Mem and resuscitates her then the crowd turns on her, claiming she must be a witch as she ‘can raise the dead’. The plague breeds fear, superstition and mistrust amongst the villagers of Eyam, turning them against one another and bringing out the evils from within them, as demonstrated in this crucial scene.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">“ Let the boundaries of this village become our whole world. Let none enter and none leave while this plague lasts” page 104 This is being said by the Rector Mompellion. At this point in the novel he is making the decision to quarantine the village. This decision made is the most striking example of sacrifice in the text. Michaels clear intention was to protect the wider world from the plague. In electing to stay in their “wide green poison” the villagers act in the selfless knowledge that they increase their own changes of contracting the disease. <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">[|obriesam]

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Random Quotes and their explanations <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">“Who amongst us would not seize such a chance? Dear friends, I believe we must accept this gift. It is a casket of gold! Let us plunge in our hands to the elbows and carry away these riches!” (pg 102)

Mr. Mompellion says this within the sermon given to the village when he proposes the idea of quarantine to save them. Mompellion believe that the plague was given to them from God himself as a challenge, to test them. He uses very biblical and visual language by referring to the opportunity to fight against the plague as gold, a possession that can be obtained. By saying “plunge in our hands to the elbows” shows that he wants to go all in, not just a little bit, but invest everything they can to beat this.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> ‘You killed my family, hag!’ – (89) Mary Hadfield accuses old Mem Gowdie of witchcraft. Mary Hadfield, Anna’s neighbour has lost most of her family members to the plague and uses Mem Gowdie as a scapegoat. As superstitions increase around the village, an angry drunken mob forms, persecuting Mem Gowdie for her herbal knowledge and accusing her of ‘dealing with the devil’. They severely beat Mem and go to throw her in a flooded old mine shaft, to test if shes floats or sinks. When Mem sinks they all are momentarily brought to their senses, feeling guilty for throwing an innocent down the shaft. Anys rescues Mem and resuscitates her then the crowd turns on her, claiming she must be a witch as she ‘can raise the dead’. The plague breeds fear, superstition and mistrust amongst the villagers of Eyam, turning them against one another and bringing out the evils from within them, as demonstrated in this crucial scene. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> [|VictorKrum]